Iran hostage crisis

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took them as hostages. 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.

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• In practice, opposition by the new Iranian regime to the Americans did not necessarily extend to support for the Soviet Union. Two days after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviet envoy in Iran promised Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution and Guardian of the Islamic Republic, assistance in any conflict with the USA; only to be told that there could be no mutual understanding between a Muslim nation and a non-Muslim government. Nevertheless, as a result of American backing for the Shah and for Israel (with whom the Shah had co-operated), and its identification with liberalism and consumerism, Khomeini saw America as ‘the Great Satan’. He instigated the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran by student radicals on 4 November 1979, an act that created a hostage crisis lasting until 20 January 1981. This crisis, and the failed American attempt to rescue the hostages in April 1980, discredited Carter and helped Khomeini sustain a highly-charged atmosphere in Iran. It was clear that America’s loss of a strategic partner had altered the Cold War even if Iran had not joined the Soviet Union, which Khomeini described as ‘the other Great Satan’. Thus, there was no equivalent for the Soviet Union to the now-closer relations between the USA and both China and Egypt.
  • Jeremy Black, The Cold War: A Military History (2015)

• UK embassy is den of espionage 2.
  • Iran government staff 2023[1]

• Iran US relations challenge wasn't begun with this crisis , it was oil issue.
  • [2] Khamenei

• Special envoy meeting with me is not possible.
  • Khomeini

• There is a special right for women through Islam, dear students deliver black people and women to Minister of Foreign relations.
  • Khomeini [3]

• US Embassy had broken the Vienna convention.
  • [4]

• Documents of den of espionage are available through Shad app for students.
  • [5] dep director ministry of education

• The enemy has narrated the story of taking over the den of espionage because you unfortunately have not.
  • Khamenei

• Conspiracies have been discovered , we cannot tolerate what unjust things they are doing. Time is passed.
  • Khomeini