State Dept.: Photo not Iran's president

WebIndia:

The State Department has concluded that Iran's president-elect is not the student militant seen in a photograph from the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy.

A department official told the Los Angeles Times analysts found differences in bone structure and facial features between the bearded radical of 1979 and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative mayor of Tehran who won an upset victory in the recent election.

One of the hostages who spent 444 days imprisoned in the embassy had said he recognized Ahmadinejad.

The official told the Times investigators are still trying to determine if the president-elect was involved in the seizure of the embassy, something he denies.