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The US Embassy hostages in Iran.
Americans turned against Iran when Iranian rebels held 54 US Embassy officials hostage for over 400 days.
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Iran held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981[1]
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The end of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, prosperity for the first time in years, and the end of the 444 days of Americans being held hostage by Iran.
Jimmy Carter himself was never taken hostage, but the Iran Hostage Crisis occurred during his presidency.
In Iran, Islamist forces deposed the Shah in February, 1979 and in November 1979, armed students took US diplomatic personnel hostage and held them for 444 days, until January 20, 1981.
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.