Reverend M. William Howard, Jr.

The Vietnamese were not driven by religion. These were people of real conviction about Islam. There was a female leader of these students, and she was known in the American media as Mary. When she spoke to him very sternly, you heard the young men cock their rifles, that kind of sound. And I said to him, Bill, you'd better leave that alone. And he backed down right away.

The Vietnamese were not driven by religion. These were people of real conviction about Islam. There was a female leader of these students, and she was known in the American media as Mary. When she spoke to him very sternly, you heard the young men cock their rifles, that kind of sound. And I said to him, Bill, you'd better leave that alone. And he backed down right away.

And after that experience, in that room, we also were taken to meet with the Mulas. in the Shiite tradition, the clergy are mullahs.

And after that experience, in that room, we also were taken to meet with the Mulas. in the Shiite tradition, the clergy are mullahs.

And after that experience, in that room, we also were taken to meet with the Mulas. in the Shiite tradition, the clergy are mullahs.

No, but let me answer that in two ways. One, the students were always clear, not biased. appearing to try and influence us, but they were very clear about the role of the U.S. in supporting the Shah, the presence of the U.S. in Iran, the role of the U.S. in overthrowing Mohammad Mossadegh in the 1950s. They knew all of that in ways that most Americans did not. But

No, but let me answer that in two ways. One, the students were always clear, not biased. appearing to try and influence us, but they were very clear about the role of the U.S. in supporting the Shah, the presence of the U.S. in Iran, the role of the U.S. in overthrowing Mohammad Mossadegh in the 1950s. They knew all of that in ways that most Americans did not. But

No, but let me answer that in two ways. One, the students were always clear, not biased. appearing to try and influence us, but they were very clear about the role of the U.S. in supporting the Shah, the presence of the U.S. in Iran, the role of the U.S. in overthrowing Mohammad Mossadegh in the 1950s. They knew all of that in ways that most Americans did not. But

When we went to visit the mullahs after visiting the foreign ministry, there were so many checkpoints, armed checkpoints. And it was evident at that point that we were going to visit the real power, not the government guy, but these clergy. And we were clergy. They were clergy. So we sat in this little room. I mean, a little room.

When we went to visit the mullahs after visiting the foreign ministry, there were so many checkpoints, armed checkpoints. And it was evident at that point that we were going to visit the real power, not the government guy, but these clergy. And we were clergy. They were clergy. So we sat in this little room. I mean, a little room.

When we went to visit the mullahs after visiting the foreign ministry, there were so many checkpoints, armed checkpoints. And it was evident at that point that we were going to visit the real power, not the government guy, but these clergy. And we were clergy. They were clergy. So we sat in this little room. I mean, a little room.

Like if a mullah was sitting here and I'm sitting here, our knees were almost touching. And that was when they really poured out all of their suffering. Some of them were crying. They told us stories. I'll give you one really iconic story. about American teenagers riding motor scooters into the mosque at prayer time.

Like if a mullah was sitting here and I'm sitting here, our knees were almost touching. And that was when they really poured out all of their suffering. Some of them were crying. They told us stories. I'll give you one really iconic story. about American teenagers riding motor scooters into the mosque at prayer time.

Like if a mullah was sitting here and I'm sitting here, our knees were almost touching. And that was when they really poured out all of their suffering. Some of them were crying. They told us stories. I'll give you one really iconic story. about American teenagers riding motor scooters into the mosque at prayer time.

And the leaders, the leaders were unable to do anything about it because the Americans were so much influential of the Shaw that the Shaw would not allow anything untoward to happen to the Americans. So these kids could just disrespect and so forth, and they cried. They explained there was some guy there with one eye, and he told a story about how he lost his sight The brutality of the Shah.

And the leaders, the leaders were unable to do anything about it because the Americans were so much influential of the Shaw that the Shaw would not allow anything untoward to happen to the Americans. So these kids could just disrespect and so forth, and they cried. They explained there was some guy there with one eye, and he told a story about how he lost his sight The brutality of the Shah.

And the leaders, the leaders were unable to do anything about it because the Americans were so much influential of the Shaw that the Shaw would not allow anything untoward to happen to the Americans. So these kids could just disrespect and so forth, and they cried. They explained there was some guy there with one eye, and he told a story about how he lost his sight The brutality of the Shah.

Now, we had some general knowledge of this, but this was like detailing. Now, on the image and indoctrination thing, because many people in the United States were assuming that if you guys could get in there and see the hostages, you must be a little bit biased toward these folks. You know, that was going around.

Now, we had some general knowledge of this, but this was like detailing. Now, on the image and indoctrination thing, because many people in the United States were assuming that if you guys could get in there and see the hostages, you must be a little bit biased toward these folks. You know, that was going around.

Now, we had some general knowledge of this, but this was like detailing. Now, on the image and indoctrination thing, because many people in the United States were assuming that if you guys could get in there and see the hostages, you must be a little bit biased toward these folks. You know, that was going around.