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Barry Rosen is an American former diplomat who was held hostage during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis. Rosen was the press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was seized by militants on November 4, 1979.
When COVID-19 hit New York and the city shut down, Barry Rosen ’74GSAS took things in stride. People around him grew restless, anxious, and depressed, but Rosen, seventy-six, was unperturbed.
Torn between his love for Iran, sensitively grounded in Peace Corps experience, and his anger and frustration over the way his captors violated Iran’s own traditions and norms, Mr.Rosen has been an advocate for the needs of hostage sand their families since his release nearly four decades ago.
Nov 13, 2022 · A former diplomat tells his story in new documentary about Iran hostage crisis. November 13, 20225:19 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. NPR's Michel Martin speaks...
Nov 16, 2022 · Twelve years after he arrived in Iran as part of the Peace Corp, Barry Rosen was one of the 52 hostages who were held by Iranian college students for 14 terrifying, pivotal months.
Nov 20, 2023 · Barry Rosen, 77, a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran during 444 days from 1979 to 1981, speaks to AFP journalists outside the Coburg palace in Vienna ,...
Nov 20, 2023 · Barry Rosen, one of 52 Americans who was taken hostage for 444 days at the U.S. embassy in Iran from 1979 to 1981. Transcript. MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: On November 4th, 1979, when students in the line of the Imam, a young Iranian militant group invaded the U. S. Embassy in Tehran.
