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In which country were Americans taken hostage by radicals in 1979?
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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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In what country were 63 Americans taken hostage in 1979?
Iran
What country were 63 americans taken hostage in 1979?
Iran
Americans were taken hostage during which administration?
Reagan.
In Iran 52 Americans were taken hostage during the presidency of?
Jimmy Carter.
Who was the Aztec leader taken hostage?
Montezuma the second was taken hostage by Cortez in the capital.
How many Americans were taken prisoners during Iran hostage crisis?
There were 72 hostages and 72 were returned from Iran.
Which country held US Embassy officials hostage during president Carter's term?
Iran held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981[1]
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.
President Carter's popularity rapidly declined due to his handling of a crisis with which nation?
Iran. Over one-hundred Americans were taken hostage by an extremist group in Iran.
When was Montezuma taken hostage?
1519 hope that helped! ;)
Was Jimmy Carter ever held hostage in Iran?
Jimmy Carter himself was never taken hostage, but the Iran Hostage Crisis occurred during his presidency.
What does one call someone taken captive?
A captive or a hostage.
