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MPR talks with L. Bruce Laingen '44 about Iran

By David Gonnerman '90
June 22, 2009

L. Bruce Laingen '44 was charge d'affaires of the American Embassy in Iran when radicals took over the building and held 52 Americans hostage from November 1979 to January 1981. Minnesota Public Radio's Gary Eichten recently spoke with Laingen about his experiences in Iran and about current events in that country.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.