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Iran hostage crisis: Quick Facts

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Date November 4, 1979 - January 20, 1981
Location Iran • Tehran
Participants Iran • United States
Context Iranian Revolution

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A blindfolded man with his hands bound is escorted by four men outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, with onlookers in the background.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
president of United States
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
president of United States
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark
American lawyer
The Islamic Republic's first (and last) secular president
Abolhasan Bani-Sadr
president of Iran
Cyrus Vance
Cyrus Vance
American statesman
Joe Clark
Joe Clark
prime minister of Canada
Mohammad Ali Raja'i
Mohammad Ali Rajaʾi
prime minister of Iran