Посольство Соединенных Штатов, Тегеран
| Посольство Соединенных Штатов, Тегеран | |
|---|---|
| Родное имя Персидский : посольство США, Тегеран | |
  Окрашенная великая печать Соединенных Штатов | |
| Расположение | Тегеран , Иран |
| Coordinates | 35°42′29″N 51°25′26″E / 35.708°N 51.424°E |
  Location of Embassy of the United States, Tehran in Iran | |
Посольство Соединенных Штатов Америки в Тегеране (Персидский: سفارت آمریکا در تهران) было американской дипломатической миссией в имперском штате Иран . Прямые двусторонние дипломатические отношения между двумя правительствами были разорваны после иранской революции в 1979 году и последующего захвата посольства в ноябре 1979 года. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
История
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Посольство было спроектировано в 1948 году архитектором Идес Ван дер Грахт , дизайнером посольства Соединенных Штатов в Анкаре . Это было длинное двухэтажное двухэтажное кирпичное здание, аналогичное американским средним школам, построенным в 1930-х и 1940-х годах. По этой причине здание было названо «Хендерсон Хай» сотрудниками посольства, имея в виду Лой В. Хендерсон , который стал послом Америки в Иране сразу после того, как строительство было завершено в 1951 году. [ 3 ]
The US diplomatic mission has been defunct and the building has not been used by the U.S. since the Iran hostage crisis of 1979.[1][2] Since then, the United States government has been represented in Iran by the United States Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran.[4] The name given to the compound by the embassy's occupiers and still used by many Iranians is variously translated as "den of spies", "espionage den," "den of espionage", and "nest of spies".[5][6][7]
After the fall of the embassy, the Revolutionary Guard used it as a training center, and continue to maintain the complex.[8] The brick walls that form the perimeter (the embassy grounds are the size of a city block) feature a number of anti-American murals commissioned by the government of Iran.[8] The site has also housed a bookstore and a museum.[9] Part of the embassy has been turned into an anti-American museum, and several student organizations maintain offices in the former embassy complex.[10] As of January 2017, the site is open to the Iranian public and foreigners. The Great Seal of the United States is badly damaged, but still visible at the entryway.
The Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line published documents seized in the embassy (including painstakingly reconstructed shredded documents) in a series of books called "Documents from the US Espionage Den" (Persian: اسناد لانه جاسوس امریكا, Asnād-e lāneh-e jasusi Amrikā).[11] These books included telegrams, correspondence, and reports from the United States Department of State and Central Intelligence Agency, some of which remain classified to this day.
U.S. Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy
[edit]When diplomatic relations were broken, the United States appointed Switzerland to be its protecting power in Iran. Informal relations are carried out through the United States Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy. Services for American citizens are limited. The section is not authorized to perform any U.S. visa/green card/immigration-related services.[10] As of 2024, U.S. visa/green card services and interviews for Iranian citizens are conducted at U.S. Embassies and Consulates in other locations, namely Ankara, Dubai, and Yerevan whose U.S. Embassies and consulates are staffed with Persian-speaking consular officers.[12]
In February 2009, the Iranian police arrested Marco Kämpf, the Swiss diplomat acting as the First Secretary of the US Interests, after finding him with an Iranian woman facing him in the driver's seat of his official diplomatic car. He was immediately recalled to Switzerland.[13][14]
Former Iranian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
[edit]The U.S. State Department seized the former Iranian Embassy in Washington, D.C. in retaliation for the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Iranian Interests Section operates out of the Pakistani Embassy.[15][16]
See also
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- Iran hostage crisis
- Iran–United States relations
- List of ambassadors of the United States to Iran
- Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tehran
- Tehran American School
- Consulate-General of the United States, Tabriz
References
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "Former American Embassy in Iran Attracts Pride and Dust". The New York Times. 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Former U.S. Embassy in Iran: mistrust endures where hostages held". CNN. 2014-01-30. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ The architecture of diplomacy: building America's embassies ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series. Jane C. Loeffler. Publisher Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. ISBN 1-56898-138-4 p. 56
- ^ Embassy of Switzerland in Iran – Foreign Interests Section Archived 2018-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (page visited on 4 April 2015).
- ^ Henry, Terrence (2004-11-09). "Into the Den of Spies". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ Taubman, Philip (November 11, 2007). "In Death of Spy Satellite Program, Lofty Plans and Unrealistic Bids". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ "Federation of American Scientists on the Espionage Den". Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Great Satan's Old Den: Visiting Tehran's U.S. Embassy". Time. 2009-07-14. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ "Inside The Former US Embassy In Tehran, Iran". Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pleitgen, Fred (July 1, 2015). "Inside the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran". CNN. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ Documents from the U.S. Espionage Den
- ^ NONIMMIGRANT VISAS Archived 2024-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Virtual Embassy, Tehran.
- ^ "Swiss call diplomat home--but is there a scandal?". Iran Times International. Washington, DC. February 20, 2009.
- ^ "Schweizer Diplomat nicht mehr im Iran tätig". 20 Minuten. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^ Luxner, Larry (November 2001). "Despite Lack of Diplomatic Ties, Door to Iran is Slowly Opening". The Washington Diplomat. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
The only difference is that the Cubans have their own office, which used to be the Cuban Embassy before their revolution. We don't have our own office, because the State Department has kept our embassy, and likewise, the Iranian government has the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
- ^ "Congressmen Pay A Visit to the Iranian Interest Section". The Weekly Standard. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
Unlike the grand embassies of Washington, Pakistan's embassy is a nondescript brick building downtown that looks like it could house any number of commercial enterprises. Inside, the Iranian Interest Section has a cramped lobby underneath a staircase that keeps the rest of the Interest Section out of sight.
External links
[edit]- The Memory Hole at the Wayback Machine (archived May 13, 2010) hosts a gallery of photographs taken from inside the US Embassy during the crisis.
- The Memory Hole at the Wayback Machine (archived March 29, 2006) 400 Pages of Still-Classified CIA and State Dept Documents Seized From the US Embassy in Tehran.
- متن کامل و تحلیل اسناد لانه جاسوسی آمریکا (The Full Text and Analysis of the Documents from the US Espionage Den)
- Inside The Former US Embassy In Tehran, Iran
- Documents from the U.S. Espionage Den
- Photograph of the embassy gates, 2008 (on flickr)
- Embassy of Switzerland - Foreign Interests Section
- U.S. Department of State page for Iran
- Virtual Embassy of the United States, Tehran (not a physical presence in Iran)
