'Iran has never apologised, and the US is still taking revenge through draconian sanctions now impacting the lives of ordinary Iranians.' Opinion | Massoumehtorfeh
who was Carter's chief aide on Iran during the hostage crisis has made similar allegations.
So, the story of the US hostages and the failure of endless, fruitless negotiations was never clear-cut but it permanently damaged US-Iran relations.negotiations. Iranians blame the US for the CIA imposed coup of 1953 and later the eight-year Iraqi war against Iran which started during the hostage crisis.
Decades later, it seems policies based on revenge and counter-revenge are causing pain to ordinary people. Politicians in Iran and the US have failed to learn lessons from the coup of 1953 or the revolution of 1979.
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