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In late 1979 the American embassy in this country was taken over by what students and militants?
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The US embassy in Iran was taken over by Shi'ite militants in 1979.
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In late 1979, the American embassy in Iran was taken over by Iranian students and militants during the Iranian Revolution. The takeover lasted for 444 days and resulted in the holding of 52 American diplomats and citizens as hostages. This event strained relations between the United States and Iran for many years.
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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.
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.
In 1979 revolutionaries in what country took US diplomats hostage?
In 1979 Shia Iranian revolutionaries took American diplomats and servicemen hostage. They were taken from the American Embassy in Tehran.
Where was the first American embassy established?
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What did Iranian students take at the U.S. Embassy?
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.
In what country did militants seize the U.S. Embassy in 1979?
It was in Iran.----(not in sponge bob.)
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.
In 1979 which country took hostages from the American embassy?
IranIran
Country that seized American hostages?
In November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran and detained 66 American diplomats. The hostage crisis lasted for 444 days.
Why did President Carter permit deposed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to come to the US in 1979 and why did this trigger Iranian militants to take American hostages from the American embassy?
President Carter permited the deposed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to come to the US so he could receive medical treatment for cancer. Iranian militants felt this action was the West interfering with their country's business and argued that the Shah should be returned to Iran to stand trial for his crimes against the country.
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What event is considered an example of president jimmy carter's jimmy carter's failure in foreign policy?
The takeover of the US embassy by radical students
When was American Embassy School created?
American Embassy School was created in 1952.
When was The American Embassy created?
The American Embassy was created on 2002-03-11.
When did The American Embassy end?
The American Embassy ended on 2002-04-01.
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When was the first American embassy established in the Bahamas?
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