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The Iran Hostage Crisis

History Daily

04-11-2024 • 17 mins

November 4, 1979. United States diplomats and citizens are held hostage after a group of militant Iranian college students take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. This episode originally aired in 2022.


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