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Jun 1, 2010 · On January 21, 1981, just a few hours after Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address, the remaining hostages were released. They had been in captivity for 444 days. By: History.com...
The remaining 52 hostages were held until January 1981, up to 444 days of captivity. The hostages were initially held at the embassy, but after the takers took the cue from the failed rescue mission, the detainees were scattered around Iran in order to make a single rescue attempt impossible.
- November 4, 1979-January 20, 1981(444 days)
- Tehran, Iran
The Iran hostage crisis was an international crisis that began in November 1979 when militants seized 66 U.S. citizens in Tehrān and held 52 of them hostage for more than a year. The crisis took place in the wake of Iranian Revolution (1978–79).
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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...
Mar 1, 2017 · The Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days in Hell. Radical Islamic students in Tehran took 52 Americans hostage and kicked off a 14-month crisis that would humiliate a U.S. president and humble a superpower. by Ron Soodalter 3/1/2017. Share This Article.
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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.
Fifty-two of the hostages, including the CIA officers, remained in captivity for 444 days. The Iranian hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979 and was one of the greatest US foreign policy crises of the last century.
