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1979: A Tehran Diary

The Times Magazine · April 2, 1979

The Last Weeks in Iran, Written as They Happened

A day-by-day account of the last weeks an American military family spent in Tehran — the power outages and curfews, the airlift of dependents, the months of separation, and the long wait for word that Hibbie was out of Iran for good.

Jerrianne kept the diary while she, her husband Hilbert “Hibbie” Hayslett, and their children were living in Tehran, where Hibbie served as an adviser to the Imperial Iranian Air Force. It records the curfews and power outages, the airlift that carried dependents out of the country, and the weeks of separation and uncertainty that followed.

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Jerrianne Hayslett with her children Chris, Chapen, and Carrianne, seated together on a sofa
Jerrianne R. Hayslett, son Chris holding son Chapen, and daughter Carrianne.Photo by James Dunn

Photographs

Images From the Evacuation and the Years in Iran

Families with suitcases lined up outside a commissary building at dawn
On the day of their airlift from Iran, dependents line up at dawn in the commissary parking lot.
Evacuated families seated on the floor of a military cargo aircraft
Inside the airlift: families settle in on the cargo deck for the long flight out of Iran.
An infant asleep in a stroller beside a pile of luggage
The confusion of leaving Iran apparently didn’t bother this dependent.
Hilbert Hayslett standing in front of the carved wooden doors of the family's Tehran residence
Hilbert “Hibbie” Hayslett outside the family’s Tehran home.
An Iranian farmer carrying a scythe, mountains in the background
A farmer in the countryside outside Tehran.
Two boys riding a loaded donkey along a dirt road in the Iranian hills
On the road outside the city.

The Original Pages

As It Appeared in The Times Magazine

The complete article as published on April 2, 1979. Each page can be enlarged, or downloaded together as a single PDF.

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