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Iranian hostage crisis  

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  • Events following the forceful takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in November 1979, by a group of radical students. Sixty-six American citizens were captured during the takeover, and 52 of them were held hostage for more than a year. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; Iranian Hostage Crisis]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KT793681-Z

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