Students loyal to Khomeini stormed the embassy building and held 52 staff hostage for 444 days while demanding that Washington hand over Iran's recently toppled shah, who was being treated in the ...

Iranian demonstrators gathered on Sunday outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran.

The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to The Associated Press by the U.S. State Department, came as Iran marked ...

In 1980, the Reagan campaign was getting bent out of shape in the event of President Jimmy Carter springing a last-minute surprise and getting out the 52 American hostages before polling day ...

(Creative commons image via Courthouse News) (CN) — A handful of Americans held captive by Iran ... American diplomats captive for 444 days until the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20 ...

came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the American Embassy takeover and hostage crisis on Sunday. It also followed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatening both Israel and ...

The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh was confirmed to The Associated Press by the U.S. State Department as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the takeover of the American Embassy and hostage crisis ...

It also followed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatening both Israel and the U.S. the day before with "a crushing response” as long-range B-52 ... American Embassy takeover and ...