For many of us, Orwell’s 1984 is arriving later than advertised. For Iran, it came five years early.
In the newspeak of the Islamic Revolution, “freedom” meant total adherence to rigidly-interpreted doctrine, “peace” was squashing anyone who thought differently, and 66 Americans became “guests” when their nation’s embassy in Tehran, Iran’s capital, was attacked on November 4, 1979.
For most of them, liberation came after 444 days. For the country they were trapped in, it is taking much longer.
