U.S. Embassy in Tehran

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The U.S. Embassy in Tehran was the American diplomatic mission in Iran that became internationally infamous as the site where 52 U.S. diplomats and citizens were held hostage from 1979 to 1981.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Embassy in Tehran 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf embassy ⓘ
architecturalStyle modernist ⓘ
associatedWith Algiers Accords NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iranian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jimmy Carter administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureDate 1980 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse compound controlled by Iranian authorities ⓘ
site of anti-American murals ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1979-11-04 ⓘ
diplomaticRelationsBroken 1980-04-07 ⓘ
event Iran hostage crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
function conduct diplomatic relations with Iran ⓘ
provide consular services ⓘ
represent United States government in Iran ⓘ
governingBodyAtTimeOfCrisis United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
post-Iranian Revolution period ⓘ
hostageCount 52 ⓘ
hostageCrisisDuration 444 days ⓘ
hostageCrisisEnd 1981-01-20 ⓘ
hostageCrisisStart 1979-11-04 ⓘ
legalFrameworkForHostageRelease Algiers Accords of 1981 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaDepiction film "Argo" NERFINISHED ⓘ
numerous documentaries on Iran hostage crisis ⓘ
nickname Den of Espionage NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBuildingOnSite chancery building ⓘ
communications facilities ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
notableHostageGroup U.S. Marine security guards NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. civilian staff ⓘ
U.S. diplomats NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorFunction U.S. diplomatic legation in Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForSeizure demand extradition of the Shah of Iran ⓘ
protest against U.S. support for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
resultOfCrisis U.S. economic sanctions on Iran ⓘ
severance of U.S.–Iran diplomatic relations ⓘ
securityFeature walled compound ⓘ
seizedBy Iranian student militants ⓘ
supporters of the Iranian Revolution ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
symbolism symbol of U.S.–Iran hostility ⓘ
symbol of post-1979 Iranian revolutionary identity ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Canadian Caper → diplomaticMissionInvolved → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Embassy in Tehran
William G. Miller → employer → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
Operation Eagle Claw → hostageLocation → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
Iran hostage crisis → location → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
United States Ambassador to Iran → seat → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Embassy in Tehran
Iran hostage crisis → target → U.S. Embassy in Tehran ⓘ