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US diplomat thanks Algeria 40 years after release from detention in Iran
Former Iranian hostages Steven Kirtley, Don Hohman, Steven Lauterbach, John Limbert and Paul Needham sit together during the 25th anniversary remembrance ceremony to honor the eight U.S. servicemen who died during the 1980 attempt to free them April 25, 2005 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia [Joe Raedle/Getty Images] January 21, 2021 at 2:34 am
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the US embassy hostages in Iran, one of the freed diplomats Ambassador John Limbert has sent a letter to Algeria in which he thanked the Algerian government and people for their kindness , and mediation efforts at the time, which helped release him after 444 days of detention in the embassy building.