Photo: #Portrait taken in February 1979 in Tehran, Iran, of the Islamic Revolution's leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Both sides of the Iranian hostage crisis

Broadcast: Midmorning, 06/09/2006, 9:06 a.m.

A new book chronicles what happened during the Iran hostage crisis that ended 25 years ago. Author Mark Bowden looks at the hostage crisis from both American and Iranian perspectives.

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  • Mark Bowden: Author of "Black Hawk Down." His new book is "Guests of the Ayatollah."

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