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Draft:Outline of the Iran hostage crisis

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The Iranian hostage crisis was an act of Iranian terror in which 53 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Iran for 444 days. Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, supporters of the Iranian Revolution, including Hossein Dehghan (future Iranian Minister of Defense), Mohammad Ali Jafari (future Revolutionary Guards Commander-In-Chief) and Mohammad Bagheri (future Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Army), took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took them as hostages. The hostages were held from November 4, 1979 until their release on January 20, 1981. The crisis is considered a pivotal episode in the history of Iran–United States relations.

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Timeline of the Iranian hostage crisis

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