After Persian language training , he was assigned to the American Consulate in Khorramshahr , Iran , in 1972 . His subsequent assignment was to the newly established embassy in Doha , Qatar , in 1974 as an economic-commercial officer , and in 1976 Crocker returned to Washington , DC , for long-term Arabic training . He completed the 20-month program at the Foreign Service Institutes Arabic School in Tunis in June 1978 . Crocker was then assigned as chief of the economic-commercial section at the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad , Iraq . Crocker served in Beirut , Lebanon , as chief of the political section from 1981 to 1984 . On September 18 , 1982 , he reported back to the Department of State about the Sabra and Shatila massacre . He also survived the 1983 United States Embassy bombing
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Ryan Crocker