Iran hostage crisis

E121990

diplomatic crisis hostage crisis international conflict

The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day diplomatic standoff from 1979 to 1981 in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, profoundly damaging U.S.–Iran relations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iran hostage crisis canonical	17
Tehran hostage crisis	1
seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic crisis ⓘ hostage crisis ⓘ international conflict ⓘ
affects	Iran–United States relations ⓘ U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Iran hostage crisis ⓘ surface form: Tehran hostage crisis
countryInvolved	Iran ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1979 ⓘ 1980 ⓘ 1981 ⓘ
durationInDays	444 ⓘ
endDate	1981-01-20 ⓘ
endedBy	Algiers Accords ⓘ
endedOn	day of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as U.S. president ⓘ
finalHostagesCount	52 ⓘ
followedBy	long-term U.S. economic sanctions on Iran ⓘ
hasCause	Iranian Revolution ⓘ U.S. support for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ admission of the Shah to the United States for medical treatment ⓘ
hostageNationality	American ⓘ
hostageType	American citizens ⓘ diplomats ⓘ embassy staff ⓘ
keyFigure	Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ surface form: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Jimmy Carter ⓘ Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
location	Iran ⓘ Tehran ⓘ U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
mainPerpetrator	Iranian student militants ⓘ Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive U.S. and international news coverage ⓘ
numberOfEmbassyHostagesInitially	66 ⓘ
numberOfHostages	52 ⓘ
politicalImpact	contributed to Jimmy Carter’s defeat in the 1980 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
precededBy	Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
releasedEarly	women and African American hostages ⓘ
result	Algiers Accords ⓘ break in U.S.–Iran diplomatic relations ⓘ release of 52 American hostages ⓘ severely damaged U.S.–Iran relations ⓘ
significantEvent	Operation Eagle Claw ⓘ failed U.S. rescue mission in April 1980 ⓘ
startDate	1979-11-04 ⓘ
symbolOf	post-revolutionary hostility between Iran and the United States ⓘ
target	U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ United States diplomatic personnel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian Revolution → followedBy → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Argo → setDuring → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Task Force 158 → conflict → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter → about → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

“Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” → describesEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

Iran hostage crisis → alsoKnownAs → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehran hostage crisis

Canadian Caper → partOf → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Canadian Caper → relatedEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

1980 United States presidential election → campaignIssue → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Operation Eagle Claw → conflict → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Operation Eagle Claw → relatedEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Carter administration → notableEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977–1981 → focusesOn → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977–1981 → aboutEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

United States Ambassador to Iran → terminatedBy → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

United States Ambassador to Iran → associatedWithEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

Mark Bowden → wroteAbout → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

1980 State of the Union Address → topic → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ

former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. → associatedEvent → Iran hostage crisis ⓘ