a, t BEA Saat eh int gt tyne bom mt igre wet fom Rta, . Torture of Hostages Negotiator Accuses U.S. of Brainwashing Iran yesterday vehemently denied it tortured the former hostages, ac- cused them of being “ungrateful” and claimed U.S. officials are . brainwashing the 52 Americans-as a pretext for breaking the agreements signed with Tehran. . "Considering the mentality of this type of comfort-seeking diplomats, there is no-doubt that they found the duration of their detention. not desirable," Behzad Nabavi, Iran’s chief hostage negotiator, said in an interview with the Pars news agen- cy, monitored in-London. ... _ Nabavi's denial of the torture charges was the first officialranian Feply.to statements made by the re- f -leased hostages after théir arrival ‘in Wiesbaden, West Germany, which ended 444 days in franian captivity, . «up Nabayi said the United States was “bringing up such baseless claims” of torture in. order to.revoke the -Telease settlement and claimed the Americans “confessed”. they. were well treated. cen, Senate to Hold Inquiry Into Iran’s Brutality By Roberta Hornig Washington Ster Staff Writer Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker said yesterday the Senate will conduct a full inquiry “into the bru- tal treament of the American hos- tages in Iran.” But Baker told a news conference he believes the hearings should be put off for the time being because “the wound is too fresh. The wound will be eveh deeper as we learn more of the atrocities” perpetrated on the American diplomats who were held hostage for 444 days, he said, “I think we should wait a little for our wounds to heal little before we pass judgment on our policy to- ward Iran or the nature of the agreement” which led to the freeing of the hostages on Tuesday, Baker said, . He said the hearings — which ‘will be conducted by the Senate For- eigh ‘Relations “Committee. = ‘will. . Sere lbw have'two itrposes: tro ae “Phe f a Wali ets help déterming’ ert i in th . flngzican policy toward Iran in the Appr The second will be to try to determiriehow the United States and other nations can prevent. sych in- cidents of international terrorism, Sen. Dennis Deconcini, D-Ariz., urged President Reagan .!'to jAlate, clearly. that -the United States-4§-not; legally:-or morally bound: to:.the, agreement,” that gained freedom for’ the hostages since it is an “estab. lished matter of. criminal law that tie For- Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP9G : Ims, R-N.C., sai agreed with Deconcini. “Dwoayld cay age Rotem bea. “We expected ‘this kind of libel on behalf of the American officials. who have been enemies of the Is- tamic revolution. of Iran," Nabavi said, Nabavi said former President Car. ter and and “his colleagues -who were defeated in the diplomatic Stage of America” were deceiving Americans for political advantage. +4,“All torture claims of the released hostages emanate from brainwashing, carried out: during their forced stay in Wiesbaden,’ Nabavi said. “The fact is:their stay in Wiesbaden is. designed to prevent their direct contact with the people and to prevent the disclosure of truth before Washington ‘could make its own disclosures.” . He ‘said’ America's step wag om- *Pletely predictable, +, ne, _ “We have. available video. tapes ol:variols ‘interviews with’ the re. eased hostages in whith ‘they all confessed that they have been wel} “treated” ahd” hurvanely ang hdl § 6 complaints.”. The tapes would: be fransthined ‘if the hostages ebtitra- dict them.” 7 7", “ . "We, knew ‘thar some bf the Fe. leased hostages were ungrateful and do itot uriderstand the meaning of kindness, since they were trained for the affairs of the Foreign Min- istry of the U.S.," Nabavi said. Nabavi also thanked the militants . who seized the U.S. Embassy in Teh- ran Nov. 4, 1979, which triggered the crisis. : The released Americans accused the militants of carrying out much of the abuse. “We must express our thanks to them (the militants), because, de- spite their profound hatred of USS. policy and its operators in Iran, they treated the cause of their nation’s misfortune so magnanimously,” Nabavi said. United Press International TERRI ASB ARE SR eS pT” = Returnee Bruce Laingen of B ethesd. Hostages Will Fly Home Sunday, State Continued From A-1 . - : tary confinement. Kalp said that in - fact his brother said he spent 374 days confined alone in acell because he had tried to escape, And relatives said other former hostages described the smalt indig- nities of daily life as political pris. oners; their watches being taken and their reading material censored, their clothes’ falling to shreds and disintegrating in dirt and their trips to the bathroom accompanied by armed guards. . : At the same time, some fanilly members began to vent their anger at the Iranians and their enforced - separation from their loved ones. -- Mrs. Laingen, who has been a For- eign Service: wife for three decades; - said of her own ‘ordeal: “So ‘much’ of- any: life -Has-been sitting: on the, frowt lawn] watching Khatak dances? or Japanese opera, ‘upholdingthe: honor of the U.S, and never'a mo- ment of peace and tranquility. I'm tired of it, 'm not burned up, I'm - burned out" wae rss On Tuesday night Mrs. Laingen - spoke to-her. husband on thé tele. phone: He told -her that-on. Jan, 3,- afterosdihg: tela: for! morethah! ay year’ with ‘dry hostayes!insas ldrgesroom:tin-the Iranian: Foresgh: Ministry“furnished: with" Persian * gs: an sar So AAS ako ab Olt a cell whose walls were covered with the words, “Angela, Angela, mv love.” gives victory sign.at Wiesbaden, : q a vy . t Dept. Says > his--eyes so-he couldn't see any- thing,” she said. “They slammed him: back onto the chair — he used the word ‘slamméd.’" : - Mrs. Lee said her husband told ' ber she was certain he was about to die. “He said ‘I was dead,'" she “recalled, adding that he said it passed through his mind that he roped his wife and. 11-year-old daughter, Dana, could. understand that his life was being sacrificed for the country. oe “Three times there was a click of rifles,” she said her husband told Cer ' Mrs. Eee said her husband had told her that a ‘second “éxecution’ was held in-the embassy basemen! in February 1980. “He said ‘I could feel the bullets {i'thy Back.-I didn’: et my panfsol- ed-to be proud. Uvantediag Ay, Biieitand tall)" Nirs, Lee Saldher hifsbahd told her. Over and over family member: repeated the same refrain yesterday that despite their healthy appear " ance and. high spirits, the hostage: had not beeh treated’as well as their families had thought.” "Hazel Albin, mother of Robert 0 Hlucker ia Her Som MERE her “ther shoved bigyaroundsa lot.” Susan Cooke, mother of Donald Cooke, vice consul at the embassy, said her sor wg, his faptors were contin. oa ‘harangting him with their propaganda” -and that stories were cut out of magazines he read, Lelanc Holland's mother, Clara, said her <---
‘6 one. O! “other. hostages, Ss ¥ : naried to awomen named Angela, - “ husband had told her ing 5 .. Jaingen told his wife that-a first tages were abused even when fred "attempt to move Him and his room- dom was n ey ‘pel “mates, Michael Howland, a security with mud on ‘one ‘of the bus tri officer, and Victor L. Tomesth, the by some of those charming litle senior political officer, na De- Jranians," * Mrs, Kennedy. Said. curred about two weeks earlier,” - ’ ‘The three men were being led to, fs rey fi Appel, 8 pay cE a-van When Howland saw. the pil | jt oR0.9 wy e 4. haifhe ly, said. lowcases and the ropes that théIran- © After o-and-a-half-hour. te . ” phone call with Duane. Gille ians had brought to bind,them and’... phone call with Duane Gil d the “cBitf mi "in th sain 1a ech told ‘his: ne fn “Yreatmen was jot nearly 8 They were then shoved back up- “as he had been leading us to stairs, Laingen: said, whilé one of | oot bit ras 20 oh . the militants held a.4S-caliber pistol. 1OztUr A fi c to his head and threatened to “blow. | his -brain§“out,”. He told his wife that it. Was the first time in mnore. .. a than 30 years of diplomatic service Moore; the admin: feat a:pistol had beer held. ative consul, . ald of conversations with her to and,“He was never Beaten or tol tured. He was threat ened frit ag ‘to the head: ine Bald ahea * When: he was finally tra ed, Laingen-said, he. was told to behave’ if-he wanted to eat. During his stay: at,the.-prison;-he was blindfold whenever he wentto he bathroom, Queen, 2° stag e released: Ba ont eatleh il when it was discovered that] two such incidents. “They. trussed hin toa him pp.tightly,and put cotton uni tion tha at w, &t regime in Trad qamage tha terrorist