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Iran hostage crisis
The
Iran hostage crisis
was a diplomatic crisis between
Iran
and the
United States
. More than sixty American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981) after a group of Iranian students belonging to the
Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line
, who supported the
Iranian Revolution
, took over the
U.S. Embassy
in
Tehran
.
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