Several accounts of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Islamic students have been proffered and much has been written about the seizure of the U.S. diplomatic mission, labeled a “den of spies” by the Iranians. But “Takeover in Iran: The Inside Story of the 1979 U.S. Embassy Capture” by Dr. Massoumeh Ebtekar is billed as the first-ever insider account of this important episode in U.S.-Iranian affairs. Full Story