Roosevelt Street Station

Roosevelt Street Station is a book written by Mohammad Mahbubi. This work falls under the category of historical literature and research. The subtitle of the book, “A Documented Narrative of the US Embassy Occupation in Tehran,” indicates its focus on one of the most important events in contemporary history. The book provides a documented account of the US Embassy takeover in Tehran on November 4, 1979 (13 Aban 1358 in the Iranian calendar) by students loyal to the Imam. The embassy, located along Roosevelt Street, which has since been renamed Shahid Mofatteh Street, is the basis for the book’s title. The author supports his narrative with eighty documentary photographs. Mahbubi begins the story prior to the embassy takeover, examining the embassy’s activities during the Pahlavi era, followed by changes and operations of the embassy during the initial months of the Islamic Revolution. The book discusses how the embassy’s activities post-revolution led to American intervention against the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Part of the book, relying on documentation, explores the historical event of the embassy occupation, its consequences, and the eventual release of the hostages. The author claims to have decrypted documents strung at the embassy prior to its takeover, and reveals the identities of some Iranian collaborators with the CIA who operated as spies following the Islamic Revolution. “Roosevelt Street Station” maintains a chronological order and a reality-based analysis throughout. According to the sources listed at the end of the book, the author used 45 English and Persian books for this research work.