Fara Mansoor is a fugitive. No, he hasn't broken any laws in the United States. His crime is the truth. What he has to say and the documents he carries are equivalent to a death warrant for him, Mansoor is an Iranian who was part of the "establishment" in Iran long before the 1979 hostage taking. Mansoor's records actually discount the alleged "October Surprise" theory that the Ronald Reagan-George Bush team paid the Iranians not to release 52 American hostages until after the November 1980 Presidential elections.

Mansoor's meticulous documents, shared exclusively with this magazine, shows a much more sinister plot, the plot to take the hostages in the first place. "For 15 years the truth about the nature and origins of the Iranian hostage crisis has been buried in a mountain of misinformation," Mansoor states. "Endless expert analysis has served only to deepen the fog that still surrounds this issue. We have been led to believe that the 'crisis' was a spontaneous act that just sprang out of the 'chaos' of the 'Islamic Revolution'. Nothing could be further from the truth!"

"To really understand the hostage crisis and 'who done it', one has to look not only with a microscope, but also a wide angle lens to have a panoramic view of this well scripted 'drama'," Mansoor states. "That 'drama' was the result of large historical patterns, models, and motives. Once its true nature is understood, it will be clear how Iran/Contra happened. Why Rafsanjani has been trying to 'move toward the West,' and why Reagan called him a 'moderate'. And why, during the Gulf War, James Baker said, 'we think Iran has conducted itself in a very, very credible way through this crisis'" Mansoor emphasizes that the "October Surprise" myth has served as dangerous misinformation. READ All About The - 1979 Islamic Coup of Iran -

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