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I survived the Iran hostage crisis. People in countries like Iran desperately need the VOA
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Iran hostage crisis survivor Barry Rosen defends the value of the Voice of America. He worked there for four years and saw the importance of democratic voices in autocratic countries.
Barry Rosen is a survivor of the Iran hostage crisis and a co-founder of Hostage Aid Worldwide. He was chief of Voice of America’s Central Asian Service from 1974 to 1978.
Whether during the Green Movement of 2009, the mass protests of 2017-18, the widespread demonstrations of 2019, or the Women Life Freedom protests of 2022 and 2023, VOA’s Persian broadcasts offered a glimpse of a future free from the tyranny of a regime desperate to cling to power and energy to women and men willing to risk life and limb by standing up for our shared values.
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