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Hostage Crisis ends and Reagan era begins
A detailed timeline recounts the 1979 1981 Iran hostage ordeal from the embassy seizure through final negotiations and the transition to President Reagan. It covers U S political responses, rescue attempts, diplomatic moves, and shifting public opinion, culminating in the hostages’ release after lengthy negotiations and the shah’s death.
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David E. Rosenbaum
New York Times
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Carter
Congress
United States
Tehran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mexico
New York
Shah
Ramsey Clark
William Miller
Senate
Iran
Turkey
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Ayatollah
Justice Department
Eee
Air Force
San Antonio
Hamilton Jordan
Panama
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Iowa
Waldheim
Cyrus R. Vance
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Revolutionary Council
Bani-Sadr
United Nations Commission
Khomeini
Bani Sadr
Vance
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Gallup
Louis Harris
Ronald Reagan
Camp David
Texas
Richard S. Queen
Egypt
Reagan
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Oes Carter
Algeria
Ple
Warren M. Christopher
Algiers
Christopher
State Department
Behzad Nabavi