Do you remember: Iran in turmoil: November 11 1979.

From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: November 3, 2001 | Copyright information

MILITANT Iranian students paraded American hostages after seizing the US embassy in Tehran. The overthrow of Muhammed Reza Shar Pahlevi earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-US relations. On November 4, a 500-strong crowd seized the embassy in protest over the exiled shah's admission to America for medical treatment. Fifty-two people were held throughout the crisis wh...

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Do you remember: Iran in turmoil: November 11 1979.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England) ; MILITANT Iranian students paraded American hostages after seizing the US embassy in Tehran. The overthrow of Muhammed Reza Shar Pahlevi earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-US relations. On November 4, a 500-strong crowd seized the embassy in protest over the exiled shah's