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A woman walks in front of the former US embassy in Tehran in 2021. AFP

Ayatollah Khomeini speaks to followers on February 1, 1979. The revolution brought Khomeini to power and students seized the US embassy in Tehran, beginning the 444-day hostage crisis. AP

Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. AFP

Iranian protesters are held back from the gates of the US embassy in Tehran on November 5, 1979. AP

Blindfolded US hostages and their Iranian captors outside the US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 1979. Reuters

An American hostage being paraded before the cameras by his Iranian captors. Getty

Four American hostages held in Iran listen to the latest demands for their release on December 25, 1980. AP

President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking US hostages on April 7, 1980. Reuters

Mr Carter and his vice president, Walter Mondale, on their way to meet about the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. Getty

Freed US hostages upon their return from Iran after being held for 444 days. Getty

Air Force Lt Col David Roeder, left, and Col Thomas Schaefer greet supporters as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base. Getty

Mr Carter at a press conference in the White House, April 1980. AP

A woman walks in front of the former US embassy in Tehran in 2021. AFP

Ayatollah Khomeini speaks to followers on February 1, 1979. The revolution brought Khomeini to power and students seized the US embassy in Tehran, beginning the 444-day hostage crisis. AP

Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. AFP

Iranian protesters are held back from the gates of the US embassy in Tehran on November 5, 1979. AP

Blindfolded US hostages and their Iranian captors outside the US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 1979. Reuters

An American hostage being paraded before the cameras by his Iranian captors. Getty

Four American hostages held in Iran listen to the latest demands for their release on December 25, 1980. AP

President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking US hostages on April 7, 1980. Reuters

Mr Carter and his vice president, Walter Mondale, on their way to meet about the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. Getty

Freed US hostages upon their return from Iran after being held for 444 days. Getty

Air Force Lt Col David Roeder, left, and Col Thomas Schaefer greet supporters as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base. Getty

Mr Carter at a press conference in the White House, April 1980. AP

A woman walks in front of the former US embassy in Tehran in 2021. AFP

The Iranian hostage crisis and the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency

President worked frantically to secure release of American detainees in the final days of his term

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December 30, 2024

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