Iranian Islamist students parade a blindfolded American hostage outside the American Embassy in Tehran during the Iran Hostage Crisis. The students held 53 hostages in the embassy for a total of 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 in support of the Iranian Revolution. The plane with the released hostages was not allowed to takeoff from Tehran until moments after the newly elected US President Ronald Reagan took the oath of office. Every evening during the crisis, ABC would televise a half hour special, updating the status of the ongoing crisis. This news programming continued after the crisis and became known as Nightline. Saturday, September 19, 2009
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iranian Islamist students parade a blindfolded American hostage outside the American Embassy in Tehran during the Iran Hostage Crisis. The students held 53 hostages in the embassy for a total of 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 in support of the Iranian Revolution. The plane with the released hostages was not allowed to takeoff from Tehran until moments after the newly elected US President Ronald Reagan took the oath of office. Every evening during the crisis, ABC would televise a half hour special, updating the status of the ongoing crisis. This news programming continued after the crisis and became known as Nightline. 
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