Former 1979 hostage Sarah Shourd calls for passing Iran nuclear treaty

Sarah Shourd is a journalist who was among the American held hostage after the US Embassy in Tehran was stormed by theocratic radicals in 1979. For over 400 days she was held hostage as the the then new Iranian government tried to force the US to extradite the Shah, wanted for years of torture at the hands of SAVAK. This attempt to force a swap failed, and the "Iran Hostage Crisis" was seen by many as the defining moment of Jimmy Carter's presidency. Now, Sarah Shourd has gone on record as supporting the nuclear treaty with Iran that in exchange for lifting sanctions would make it far more difficult for the Iranian government to ever build nuclear weapons. Her name appears at the top of a list of 100 signatures on http://www.codepink.org/we_women_support_the_iran_nuclear_deal