Clinton appoints former embassy hostage as point person on Iran

by Phil Wilayto When the Iranian Revolution exploded on the world scene three decades ago, John Limbert was a greenhorn diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. After that station was taken over by revolutionary students, he spent 14 months as a political hostage in the building that came to be known as the “Nest of Spies.” Today Limbert is the newly appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in