Iran Hostage Crisis (nov 4, 1979 – jan 20, 1981)
Description:
A group of radical Iranian college students takes 52 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, demanding that the United States hand over Mohammad Reza Shah who escaped to the US for cancer treatment.The US responds by severing ties with Tehran, sanctioning Iranian oil imports, and freezing Iranian assets.
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Date:
nov 4, 1979
jan 20, 1981
~ 1 years and 2 months