November 4, 2025 marks the 46th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis when 66 Americans were taken hostage at the Embassy of ...
On Nov. 4, 1979, while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sickmann became one of 66 American hostages ...
A group of Iranian students charged into the gates and scaled the walls of the US embassy in Tehran on 1979. They took more ...
The Argo mission was a secret CIA operation in 1980 that helped six American diplomats escape from Iran by pretending to be a ...
The 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 40 years ago. While those held hostage at the embassy ...
The Iran Hostage Crisis began just months after the Shah of Iran fled during the Islamic Revolution. When the U.S. allowed him entry for medical treatment in October 1979, it sparked outrage. The ...
1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt. February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns ...