Did you mean "Why did the Middle East country hold Americans hostage for 444 days?"
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 support of the Iranian Revolution. This was the Iran hostage crisis. Carter sent a delat team but the mission was aborted because an airplane struck another aircraft. Bad press allways did the thing but there were other things that did worse in Carter's image.
Jimmy Carter himself was never taken hostage, but the Iran Hostage Crisis occurred during his presidency.
The Iran hostage crisis, which began in November 1979, aimed to challenge U.S. influence in Iran following the overthrow of the Shah and the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days, seeking to pressure the U.S. to return the Shah for trial and to express their anger over American support for his regime. The crisis symbolized broader anti-American sentiment in the region and had significant implications for U.S.-Iran relations.
Well I've never been one, but if you were held hostage, you would most likely be terrified.
Did you mean "Why did the Middle East country hold Americans hostage for 444 days?"
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Iran held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981[1]
No he was never held hostage.
Held Hostage was created on 2009-07-19.
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.
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he was held hostage for 1763 days by 2 men in beirut. he went to beirut to negotiate with the two men.
America Held Hostage - 1979 was released on: USA: November 1979
Held Hostage - 2009 TV is rated/received certificates of: USA:TV-PG
who was held hostage by Ulysses s. grant during the civil war
the romans