Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia
Fifty-three United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Iran from November 4, 1979 to their release on January 20, 1981.
Iran Hostage Crisis ‑ Definition, Results & Facts | HISTORY
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.
Iran hostage crisis | Definition, Summary, Causes, Significance ...
Dec 20, 2024 · 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.
The Iranian Hostage Crisis - Office of the Historian
On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the embassy and detained more than 50 Americans, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior members of the staff, as hostages. The Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days.
444 Days: Selected Records Concerning the Iran Hostage Crisis …
Jan 9, 2017 · The Iran Hostage Crisis was a major international crisis caused by the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and its employees by revolutionary Iranian students, who then held the Embassy employees as hostages, in direct violation of international law.
A brief history of the Iran hostage crisis | Britannica
The Iranians released 13 women and African Americans on Nov. 19–20, 1979, and another hostage was released in July 1980. A rescue attempt in April 1980 failed.
43 years after the end of the Iran hostage crisis, families of those ...
Jan 20, 2024 · When Iranians took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, they held 52 Americans hostage for over 444 days. On this day in 1981, the hostage crisis ended, but that …
Timeline of the Iranian hostage crisis - Wikipedia
This is a timeline of the Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981), starting from the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 's leaving of Iran and ending at the return of all hostages to the United States.
Iran Hostage Crisis - Encyclopedia.com
May 29, 2018 · On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, and captured dozens of embassy and military personnel. For 444 days, fiftytwo Americans remained captive in Iran, while their …
Iran hostage crisis - US-Iran Conflict, Diplomacy, Resolution
Dec 20, 2024 · The Iran hostage crisis was a severe blow to U.S. morale and prestige, coming as it did in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. In addition to placing a roadblock in the path of U.S.-Iranian relations, it was also widely believed to have contributed to Carter’s defeat by Reagan in the 1980 presidential election.