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  2. 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]

  3. 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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  4. Jun 1, 2010 · On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages.

  5. 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.

  6. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981). Iranian Students Storming The US embassy in Tehran in 1979. It happened after a group of Iranian students supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the US Embassy in Tehran. [1] .

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