Hate slogans and skulls ‘adorn’ the walls of the building where the ‘hostage crisis’ took place in 1979, a day before November 5
America’s presidential election next week comes on the heels of Iran’s 45th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis, and tensions between Tehran and Washington are as high as ever over Iran’s role in the “Axis of Resistance” , in the new crisis in the Middle East.
The term “hostage crisis” refers to the diplomatic crisis that broke out between Iran and the US when 52 Americans were held hostage in the US embassy in Tehran by a group of Islamic students.
The crisis lasted from November 4, 1979 until January 20, 1981. After diplomatic efforts by the US government failed, economic pressures were imposed on Iran, including an embargo on Iranian goods and the freezing of Iranian deposits in US banks.
This was followed by threats of military intervention and a failed covert hostage rescue operation, codenamed “Operation Eagle Claw”, which resulted in death of eight American soldiers and one Iranian citizen.
The crisis ended with the Algiers Declaration signed on January 19, 1981, which, among other things, stipulated that the US would not interfere militarily or politically in Iran’s internal affairs.
The Iranians recently turned the former embassy building into an anti-American museum, with hateful slogans and skulls adorning the walls.
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Source :Skai
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