Explore: Iran Hostage

The Iran hostage crisis (Persian: بحران گروگانگیری سفارت آمریکا) began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel

Iran hostage diplomacy refers to the use of arbitrary detention of foreign nationals and dual citizens by the Islamic Republic of Iran as a tool of statecraft

Throughout 1980, Iran and the United States engaged in negotiations to end the Iran hostage crisis, which began in November 1979. Iranian demands most notably

Wayback Machine, retrieved 1 October 2007 Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam, Mark Bowden

American diplomats and citizens were taken hostage in the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, by a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim

hostages was also attributed to Iranian foreign policy interests, including a desire to extract concessions from the Western countries, the hostage takers

American hostages held by Iran in 1979 were subjected to a mock execution by their detainers. In 2000, six Royal Irish Ranger were held hostage in Sierra

Reagan administration hoped the sales would influence Iran to get Hezbollah to release the hostages. After the Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reported on

Kensington, London. The gunmen, Iranian Arabs campaigning for the sovereignty of the Khuzestan Province of Iran, took 26 people hostage, including embassy staff

regarded as having engaged in hostage diplomacy include China, Turkey, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The custom of taking hostages was an integral part of