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Title: U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description: The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 5, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53512; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148334

Title: Mother of U.S. hostage visits son in Iran.
Description: Barbara Timm and her husband Kenneth after visiting her son, Kevin Hermening, a U.S. hostage being held by militants at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 21, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Timm, Barbara., Timm, Kenneth., Hermening, Kevin.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53558; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53558
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148262

Title: Vatican Aide blesses remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Iran.
Description: Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the papal representative in Iran, blesses the plastic-wrapped bodies of eight American servicemen killed in a hostage rescue attempt. To his left is Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capucci.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 30, 1980, April 30, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Bugnini, Annibale.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Prayers for the dead--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. PC-53590; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148574

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran.
Description: Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali watches as Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran uncover the body of one of the 8 American servicemen reportedly killed during the aborted raid to rescue U.S. hostages.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 27, 1980, April 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53573
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148643

Title: Town raises flag a day for U.S. hostages.
Description: Employees of a Hermitage, Pa. cemetery raise another flag recently, to the collection marking the days that the U.S. hostages are held in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, February 28, 1980, February 28, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Flags--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Hermitage (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Mercer--Pennsylvania--Hermitage
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53413; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53413
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150022

Title: A moment of prayer in Teheran.
Description: Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, prays with an unidentified hostage during an Easter visit in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 6, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. C-53525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-53525
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148550

Title: Cheerful mother of hostage patiently awaits his return.
Description: Toni Sickmann, mother of U.S. Marine Rodney V. Sickmann -- one of the 50 hostages being held in the American Embassy in Tehran -- displays her faith, patriotism, and good cheer on as she smiles from a decorated window of her home.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, March 27, 1980, March 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sickmann, Toni., Sickmann, Rodney V.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: Missouri., North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Missouri--Krakow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53478; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53478
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148472

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