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[[Image:US_Iran.gif|right|Iranian radicals burn the American flag atop the embassy.]]The '''Iran Hostage Crisis''' was a 444-day standoff at the [[United States|U.S.]] embassy in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. On November 4, 1979, members of the [[Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line]] (a radical [[Islam|Muslim]] [[terrorist]] group) seized the American embassy, taking 66 hostages. By January 20, 1981, all hostages were released just moments after [[Ronald Reagan]] was sworn in as [[President of the United States of America|President]].<ref>http://www.historyguy.com/iran-us_hostage_crisis.html</ref> The film [[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]] bases on this event.
[[Image:US_Iran.gif|right|Iranian radicals burn the American flag atop the embassy.]]The '''Iran Hostage Crisis''' was a 444-day standoff at the [[United States|U.S.]] embassy in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. On November 4, 1979, members of the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line (a radical [[Islam|Muslim]] [[terrorist]] group) seized the American embassy, taking 66 hostages. By January 20, 1981, all hostages were released just moments after [[Ronald Reagan]] was sworn in as [[President of the United States of America|President]].<ref>http://www.historyguy.com/iran-us_hostage_crisis.html</ref> The film [[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]] bases on this event.
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