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1979 Associated Press photograph showing hostage-takers and a hostage in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. In 2005, Iran Focus claimed this picture shows Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as one of the hostage takers (the man in the military jacket on the hostage's left side). This claim was later dismissed.

Source

"AP Photo shows Iran's new President as 1979 US hostage-taker". Iran Focus. 2005-06-28.

Date

November 1979^[1]

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"An Associated Press photograph"^[1]

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Description	Picture showing hostage-takers and hostages from the 1979 Iran hostage crisis that was claimed by Iran Focus, in 2005, to show then Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as one of the hostage takers (the man in the military jacket on the hostage's left side). This claim was later dismissed.
Source	"AP Photo shows Iran's new President as 1979 US hostage-taker". Iran Focus. 2005-06-28.
Article	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 1979 hostage crisis
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Purpose of use	To illustrate the discussion about the claims that one of the men in the picture is Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the article Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 1979 hostage crisis.
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^ ^a ^b "AP Photo shows Iran's new President as 1979 US hostage-taker". Iran Focus. 2005-06-28. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:06, 19 December 2017		365 × 273 (21 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	14:16, 16 December 2009	No thumbnail	417 × 312 (32 KB)	Damiens.rf (talk \| contribs)	Since we will only use this image to discuss the controversy, we should use Iran Focus's version

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[ap-1] "AP Photo shows Iran's new President as 1979 US hostage-taker". Iran Focus. 2005-06-28. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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