Oral history interview with Michael J. Metrinko, 1989

Biographical Note

Diplomat

Scope and Contents

Education; Peace Corps experiences in Turkey and Iran; teacher with Literacy Corps in Iran; entry into foreign service; postings in Turkey and Iran; experiences as Consul General in Tabriz, Iran; impressions of embassy in Tehran, Iran; work in visa section; discussion of Iranian military, intellectual, student, and religious groups; impressions of Shah and Iranian elite figures; personal experiences during Iranian Revolution and as hostage

Subjects

• Burr, William, interviewer.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Hostages--Iran.
• Interviews.
• Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
• Iran--History--Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
• Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
• Metrinko, Michael J.--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States. Department of State.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1990