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Iran hostage crisis begins... 52 hostages taken... 444 days of captivity...
Iran hostage crisis begins... 52 hostages taken... 444 days of captivity...
Item # 725245
November 05, 1979
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 5, 1979
* Iran Hostage Crisis begins
* Radical Iranian students mob
* United States - U.S. Embassy
* Islamic Revolution fervor
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TEHRAN STUDENTS SEIZE U.S. EMBASSY AND HOLD HOSTAGES" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with 72 pages, nice condition.
background: The Iran Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979, when a mob of radical Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seizing 66 American citizens and sparking a grueling 444-day international standoff. Driven by the fervor of the Islamic Revolution and fueled by outrage over the U.S. allowing the deposed Shah to enter New York for medical treatment, the captors demanded his extradition to face trial. The crisis paralyzed the presidency of Jimmy Carter, who faced mounting domestic pressure as nightly news broadcasts tracked the days of captivity. Despite a disastrous failed rescue attempt in 1980 known as Operation Eagle Claw, the 52 remaining hostages were eventually released through the Algiers Accords, physically departing Iranian soil just minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 20, 1981. This event fundamentally severed diplomatic ties between the two nations and remains a defining moment in modern Middle Eastern geopolitics.
Category: The 20th Century
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