USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the embassy and detained more than 50 Americans, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior members of the staff, as hostages. The Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -One more hostage, a white man named Richard Queen, was released in July 1980 after he became seriously ill with what was later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis. The remaining 52 hostages were held until January 1981, up to 444 days of captivity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 52 American hostages were officially handed over to the US authorities by the Algerians in Algiers this morning, at the end of 444 days in captivity. The hostages were flown out of Mehrabad airport in Iran, last night a few moments after President Reagan had completed his swearing in.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Iran Hostage Crisis was a major international crisis caused by the seizure of the U.S. Embassy, and its employees, by revolutionary Iranian students. The students, with support from the Ayatollah Khomeini-led government of Iran, held Embassy employees as hostages for 444 days.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sixty-six Americans were taken captive when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979, including three who were at the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Six more Americans escaped.