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A man holding a sign during a protest of the crisis in Washington, D.C., in 1979.

The US and Iran part III – the hostage crisis

Global Politics

The United States lost Iran as a regional ally when the Shah was overthrown in 1979. The same year, students took dozens of Americans hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran.

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