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In 1979, the shah of Iran was overthrown. Shortly thereafter the Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred in which foreigners, including Americans, were held for over a year before being released as Ronald Reagan was being sworn in as president.
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Iran. They held Americans hostage for 444 days. Jimmy Carter failed at getting their release, and Iran only let them go at the exact hour President Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President.
Iran held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981[1]
Hostage was released on 03/11/2005.
Jimmy Carter was U. S. President during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1981. The news report that the hostages had been released came a half hour after Ronald Reagan's inauguration.
While Jimmy Carter was president, there was a revolution in Iran in which took over the Country.