The World - News from Oct. 20, 1985
American hostages being held in Lebanon were visited by an Iranian envoy, security sources in Beirut reported. The sources, in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, 50 miles east of Beirut, said the Ayatollah Ahmed Jannati visited some of the hostages Thursday and met with Sheik Subhi Tufayli, reported to be a leader of the radical Hezbollah (Party of God). A senior official at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut confirmed that Jannati’s delegation visited the Bekaa Valley, where Baalbek is located, but would not say whether he saw any of the six American captives.
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