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Late in 1979, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah's extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that severed diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S.
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Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Students seize the United States Embassy in Tehran, beginning the 444-day hostage crisis.
—Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of Israelis gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest his handling of the hostage crisis and his plan to fire the country's head of internal security.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Hundreds of Israelis gathered Thursday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to protest his handling of the hostage crisis and his plan to fire the country’s head of internal security.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Students seize the United States Embassy in Tehran, beginning the 444-day hostage crisis.
—Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of Israelis gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest his handling of the hostage crisis and his plan to fire the country's head of internal security.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Hundreds of Israelis gathered Thursday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to protest his handling of the hostage crisis and his plan to fire the country’s head of internal security.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Hostage crisis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostage%20crisis. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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