Part 75 – SEPTEMBER 15, 1988
"Abolghasem Mesbahi deserves full credit for the succesfull negotiations that led to the release of Rudolf Cordes.", Former Iran President Bani Sadr, Interview with the author, May 16, 2008
"The release of Rudolf Cordes, the last German hostage held in Lebanon, had been negotiated over several months with Iranian officials, and was finally obtained at a meeting Aug. 24 with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammed Javad Larijani," Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher announced today.