Den of Espionage

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The Espionage Den (Persian:لانه جاسوسی) is the popular name given to the U. S. embassy in Tehran following the takeover of the embassy that marked the start of the Iran hostage crisis . It is variously translated "espionage den", "den of espionage," and "nest of spies."

The former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, January 2005. The walls of the compound are covered with anti-American images and slogans.

After the fall of the embassy, Revolutionary Guard used it as a training center. The brick walls that form the perimeter (the embassy grounds are the size of a city block) feature a number of anti-American murals commissioned by the government of Iran. The site has also housed a bookstore and a museum. The official Great Seal of the United States is badly damaged but still visible at the entryway.

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Documents Seized from the US Embassy in Tehran

The Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line published documents seized in the embassy (including painstakingly reconstructed shredded documents) in a series of books called "Documents from the US Espionage Den" (Persian:اسناد لانه جاسوسی امریكا). These books included telegrams, corrpespondence, and reports from the U.S. State Department and Central Intelligence Agency, some of which remain classified to this day.

[edit] See also

• Iran hostage crisis
• US-Iran relations

[edit] References

• Federation of American Scientists on the Espionage Den

[edit] External links

• The Memory Hole hosts a gallery of photographs taken from inside the US Embassy during the crisis.
• The Memory Hole 400 Pages of Still-Classified CIA and State Dept Documents Seized From the US Embassy in Tehran.
• Contemporary photograph of the embassy gates (on flickr)

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