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U.S. embassy hostage crisis begins

Students seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran; 52 Americans are held for 444 days, defining the new republic's foreign posture.

Date: 1979-11-04
Category: Regime action
Period: 1979

Students seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran; 52 Americans are held for 444 days, defining the new republic's foreign posture.

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