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1979 Iran hostage crisis

An Israeli flag is placed on the ground during an annual rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the embassy, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 4, 2025, 12:41 pm
Iran celebrates anniversary of 1979 US Embassy takeover with ‘Death to Israel’ chants
At rally outside former embassy building in Tehran, Parliament Speaker Qalibaf says US and Israel oppose ‘an independent, integrated, and powerful Iran’
By AP and ToI Staff
A portrait of former US president Jimmy Carter adorns wall of the US ambassador's former office in the building that had housed the embassy of the United States in Tehran, Iran, now dubbed the "Den of Spies" museum, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 30, 2024, 6:06 pm
‘He will rot in hell’: Iranians remember Jimmy Carter as ‘architect of sanctions’
State TV claims late US ex-president, who oversaw Tehran hostage crisis and broke off relations after Islamic Revolution, lost 1980 election due to his failed Iran policies
By Majid Sourati
Women wave Iranian, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags as they carry a mock coffin bearing the Israeli flag during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 3, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 3, 2024, 10:36 am
Iranians mark 1979 hostage crisis anniversary with protest outside former US embassy
Chants of ‘Death to America,’ ‘Death to Israel’ spread among protesters, who burn flags to celebrate standoff that brought an end to Iran’s relations with the US
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting with school and university students, in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
November 2, 2024, 12:20 pm
Khamenei threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ to Israel’s airstrikes
Iran’s leader makes harshest threats yet, sending currency to new low; IRGC general says reprisal for Israeli attack that followed Iran’s missile barrage will be ‘wise, powerful’
By AP and ToI Staff
An Iranian demonstrator holds an anti-Israeli placard during a rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, marking 44th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 4, 2023, 3:40 pm
‘Death to Israel, death to America’: Iran marks anniversary of 1979 embassy takeover
Crowds gather in Tehran, burn US and Israeli flags; parliament speaker criticizes Washington for its support of Israel in war against Hamas
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Remains of a burned-out US helicopter lies in front of abandoned chopper in the eastern desert region of Iran, April 27, 1980, one day after an abortive American commando raid to free the US Embassy hostages. (AP Photo)
October 26, 2023, 8:50 pm
Iranian court orders US to pay $420 million in damages for failed hostage rescue bid
In 1980 operation to free US embassy hostages, Iran claims US forces attacked bus, says IRGC commander was killed by friendly fire while guarding abandoned equipment
By AFP
A man walks through the former US Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum in Tehran, Iran, on August 19, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
September 14, 2023, 9:47 am
Iran-US prisoner swap for billions reveals familiar limits of diplomacy between foes
Move harkens back to 1981 exchange of cash for Americans held at Tehran embassy; simmering tensions between nations ratchet up consequences should contacts fail
By Jon Gambrell
Barry Rosen, 77, a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran during 444 days from 1979 to 1981, speaks to AFP journalists outside the Coburg palace in Vienna, Austria, on January 14, 2022. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
January 25, 2022, 5:10 am
Nuclear talks spark glimmer of hope for Westerners held by Iran
Former hostages push for fate of Americans, Europeans and others detained by Tehran to be included in deal, but some caution against further complicating talks by linking issues
By Anne BEADE
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Republican-Colorado, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
January 21, 2022, 3:02 am
US Rep. Boebert asks Jewish visitors if they are spying on Capitol
Controversial Colorado Republican says comment was a joking reference to tours she allegedly gave ahead of insurrection; she says she’s too short to see kippahs on peoples’ heads
By Gabe Friedman
A flyer during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Brussels for Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian academic detained in Tehran, February 13, 2017. (DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP)
December 11, 2020, 10:54 am
West faces dilemma over foreigners jailed by Iran in ‘hostage diplomacy’
Activists say countries agreeing to free Iranian convicts in exchange for dual nationals arrested by Tehran only emboldens Islamic Republic to carry on with tactic
By Stuart Williams
Jacqueline Saper at age 16 in 1977, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution (left), and at age 23 in 1982. (right).
December 4, 2020, 4:47 am
Miniskirted no more: Jewish woman charts 8 years of oppression under Iran regime
In award-winning memoir ‘From Miniskirt to Hijab,’ Jacqueline Saper explains how watching her 6-year-old daughter don a hijab for 1st grade forced her to finally flee her homeland
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Iranian fire fighters and municipality workers disinfect a street in the capital Tehran for corona virus COVID-19 on March 5, 2020 (STR / AFP)
March 6, 2020, 12:43 pm
Iran: 124 dead from virus including FM’s adviser, could use force to stop travel
Hossein Sheikholeslam was involved in 1979 Iran hostage crisis; at least 4,747 infected in Islamic Republic
By Agencies
Iranian women carry a portrait of slain Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, on the 40th day of his killing in a US drone strike, during commemorations marking 41 years since the Islamic Revolution, in the capital Tehran on February 11, 2020 (Atta KENARE / AFP)
February 11, 2020, 11:42 am
Iranians hold mass gatherings to mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution
State media says rallies to take place in more than 5,000 locations; Rouhani, Soleimani’s daughter to address crowd in Tehran
By Agencies
Iranian demonstrators chant slogans as they set fire to a makeshift US flag during an annual rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 4, 2019 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 4, 2019, 10:24 am
‘Death to America! Death to Israel!’ Iran marks 1979 takeover of US Embassy
Demonstrators gather in front of the former US mission in downtown Tehran as tensions remain high over the country’s collapsing nuclear deal with world powers
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
November 3, 2019, 3:25 pm
Iran’s Khamenei rules out talks with US, saying they will yield ‘nothing’
Supreme leader cites Trump-Kim meetings to conclude Washington ‘certainly and definitely won’t make any concessions’
By AFP
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