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What country held US citizens hostage for 444 days?
The US Embassy hostages in Iran.
What is the history of conflict between Iran and the US?
Since 1979, the Iranian embassy in America was closed. In that year a group of Iranianstudents attacked and some of America's embassy to embassy personnel were held hostage. They believed that America Embassy personnel in Iran as spy.
If you want to work in Iran and live in Iran?
Go to your nearest Iranian embassy and apply for an entry visa. Also note: there is no Iranian embassy in the US, which does not have diplomatic relations with Iran. But then, I don't actually know what country you live in.
What was Operation Eagle Claw in Iran?
Operation Eagle Claw was a failed US attempt to rescue hostages from the US Embassy in Iran, which had been seized by the Iranians.
Which territory was the last to be acquired by the us?
The Soverign American Embassy Territory of the US in Tehran, Iran was siezed, and occupied by Iran and Iranian militants on 4 Novemer 1969.
Why did radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overrun the U.S. Embassy and take American hostage?
Radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overran the U.S. Embassy and took Americans hostage to protest the admission of the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment, or because the US was spying on Iran from inside the embassy.
Why did radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overrun the U.S. Embassy and take Americans hostage?
Radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overran the U.S. Embassy and took Americans hostage to protest the admission of the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment, or because the US was spying on Iran from inside the embassy.
Who was the US President in office when the U.S. Embassy workers were held hostage in Iran?
The president at that time was Jimmy Carter.
Why did Iranian radicals take American hostages at the US Embassy in 1979?
Radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overran the U.S. Embassy and took Americans hostage to protest the admission of the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment, or because the US was spying on Iran from inside the embassy.
Is there a U.S. Embassy presently in Iran?
Yes
What was the site of the US embassy in Iran where militants seized 52 Americans on November 4 1979 and held the hostages for 444 days before releasing them?
Tehran, Iran.
Which country held US Embassy officials hostage during president Carter's term?
Iran held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981[1]
