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Iran hostage crisis

BelligerentsIranFirst Interim Government (1979) Second Interim Government (1979–1980)Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line with support from Ruhollah KhomeiniUnited StatesCanadaCommanders and leadersRuhollah KhomeiniMehdi Bazargan (resigned)Mohammad Mousavi KhoeinihaJimmy CarterCyrus Vance(until April 28, 1980)Edmund Muskie(from May 8, 1980)Warren ChristopherJames B. VaughtJoe ClarkFlora MacDonaldCasualties:Eight American soldiers and one Iranian civilian killed during Operation Eagle Claw on April 24–25, 1980PersonalFamilyDeath and state funeralBooks Islamic GovernmentTahrir al-WasilahKashf al-AsrarForty HadithIslam and RevolutionThe Greatest JihadIranian RevolutionLife in exile1963 demonstrationsContact with the United StatesReturn to Iran1st Supreme Leader of Iran1979 Islamic Republic referendumInterim Government of Iran (1979)Hostage crisisIran–Iraq WarSatanic Verses controversyLegacyKhomeinismExecution of Imam Khomeini's OrderFajr decadeHomafaran AllegianceImam Khomeini International AirportPersonalAwards and honorsBibliographyPost-presidencyCarter CenterOne America AppealUFO incidentDeath and state funeral76th Governor of Georgia1970 electionGovernorship39th President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationJudiciary appointmentscontroversiesPresidential LibraryTenureCamp David AccordsEgypt–Israel peace treatyTorrijos–Carter TreatiesEngagement with Ruhollah KhomeiniGuadeloupe ConferenceRabbit incidentIran hostage crisisOperation Eagle ClawMoral Equivalent of War speech1979 oil crisisCarter DoctrineForeign policyInternational tripsPresidential campaigns1976primariesconventiondebateselection1980primariesconventiondebateselectionThe Iran hostage crisis (Persian: بحران گروگانگیری سفارت آمریکا) began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981.

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