Forty years later, former US Embassy hostages reflect on the future of relations with Iran
Forty years after having been taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, some survivors of the 444-day ordeal say that despite their own deep-seated scars, and those that remain between the U.S. and Iranian governments, it would be beneficial for the two nations to get beyond the enmity of the past. But they are not particularly optimistic it will happen.
"It's still regrettable that we have this adversarial relationship with Iran," said William J. Daugherty, a 72-year-old former CIA case officer who spoke to The Times from Savannah, Ga.
Daugherty was among the 52 Americans tormented by a seemingly never-ending regime of interrogations, psychological torture and beatings after several hundred Iranian student activists stormed the American compound on the morning of Nov. 4, 1979, and captured many of the diplomats and employees inside.
"We should have a closer
