Iran president was our captor, claim ex-hostages

Five former American hostages claim Iran’s new president-elect was one of their captors, 25 years after they endured a 444-day kidnap ordeal.

Watching coverage of Iran’s presidential election on television dredged up memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange emails in the firm belief that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been one of their Iranian captors.