Thousands died in the Iranian Revolution. The US hostages were all eventually released alive, but several American servicemen were killed when two aircraft collided during a failed rescue attempt.
1979
Novembet of 1979.
The Iranian or Islamic Revolution began in 1979.
1979
The commoners
In 1979 Shia Iranian revolutionaries took American diplomats and servicemen hostage. They were taken from the American Embassy in Tehran.
The Iranian revolution was about the commoners being freed from the Shah.
The Iran hostage crisis lasted 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981.
The Iranian hostage crisis took place near the end of the presidency of Jimmy Carter. It began on November 4, 1979 and ended on January 20, 1981. It was a total of 444 days.
It established an Islamic Repbulic.
Rocky Sickmann has written: 'Iranian hostage' -- subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981, Personal narratives, Geschichte (1979-1981), Geiselnahme, Erlebnisbericht
November 4 1979, during the Iranian Revolution. The hostages were released 444 days later, the same day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.