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The hostages were held for 444 days, from November 4, 1979 to their release on January 20, 1981. The crisis is considered a pivotal episode in the history of Iran–United States relations. [7] Western media described the crisis as an "entanglement" of "vengeance and mutual incomprehension". [8]
- Timeline of The Iranian Hostage Crisis
Americans welcoming the six freed hostage by Canadian...
- Algiers Accords
The Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981 was a set of...
- Abbas Abdi
He was the first person to storm the United States embassy...
- Richard Queen
Richard Ivan Queen (August 7, 1951 – August 14, 2002) was...
- Iranian Embassy Siege
The hostage-takers were members of the Democratic...
- Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Eagle Claw was a failed operation by the United...
- Iran Hostage Crisis Negotiations
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance working to free hostages in...
- Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Following the 1979 revolution he became one of the aides of...
- Victor L. Tomseth
Tomseth pictured before his captivity in Iran. Tomseth was...
- Timeline of The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was an international crisis (1979–81) in which militants seized 66 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 52 of them hostage for more than a year. It took place after Iran’s Islamic revolution in 1978–79 and poisoned U.S.-Iranian relations for decades.
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- The Iran hostage crisis ended after negotiations held in 1980 and early 1981, with Algerian diplomats acting as intermediaries. Iran’s demands cent...
- On November 17, 1979, about two weeks after the Iran hostage crisis began, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 hostages, all wome...
- Jimmy Carter was U.S. president when the Iran hostage crisis began in 1979, although the final resolution to the crisis—the release of hostages—occ...
Jun 1, 2010 · H. KOTILAINEN/AFP via Getty Images. On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this...
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May 26, 2020 · Published on May 26, 2020. The Iran hostage crisis (November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981) was a tense diplomatic standoff between the governments of the United States and Iran in which Iranian militants held 52 American citizens hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days.
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Nov 4, 2019 · Briefing Book # 689. Edited by Malcolm Byrne. For more information, contact: 202-994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu. Iran Hostage Crisis 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion - Webcast Recap. Crowds rush the gate at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 (CNN.com)
