iran hostage crisis

     

The Iran hostage crisis (Persian: تصرف سفارت آمریکا) was a iplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 U.S. diplomats were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of students took over the American embassy in support of Iran's revolution.

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  • Mark Bowden has written the story of this 1979 crisis, "The First Battle In America's War With Militant Islam"

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