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November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days.

Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh
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Maro Chermayeff
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Sam Pollard
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Joshua Bennett
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Jeff Dupre
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Jimmy Carter
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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John Limbert
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Parvaneh Limbert
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