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How many American hostages were held in Iran from 1979 to 1981?
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52
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When were us hostages taken in Iran?
1979
What country held 52 US hostages from 1979 to 1981?
Iran
In what country did radicals capture American hostages in 1979?
Iran
In what country did radical capture American hostages 1979?
Iran
Was Nixon the president when the American hostages were released from Iran?
No. Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, secured the release of US hostages in Iran on Inauguration Day, 20 January 1981, as Ronald Reagan was taking oath of office.
What country held 60 American hostages for over a year?
It was in Iran
How many days were the Iran hostages held?
This event lasted form 11/4 1979- 1/9 1981. It lasted exactly 444 days.
Which American president was credited with freeing the hostages in Iran?
Reagan.
What year was American hostages released from Iran?
In 1979, in anger at the United States' refusal to render the deposed Shah back into Iranian custody, Iranians loyal to the Khomeini regime stormed the US embassy and took all of the embassy personnel hostage.
What year American hostages in Iran are released?
The Iran hostage crisis was a situation in which 52 US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in Tehran.The hostages were formally released minutes after the new US president, Ronald Reagan, was sworn in on January 20, 1981.For more information, see the link below.
What was the Algiers accords?
It was an agreement to free the American hostages being held in Iran.
How many days were the 52 American hostages held in Iran?
according to me it was 444days
