print email comment close The Hostage Crisis in Iran URL: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml Description: Materials related to the taking of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. "On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took approximately seventy Americans captive. This terrorist act ... lasted 444 days." Includes a list of the hostages and the casualties, a diary kept by one of the hostages, and a link to a rescue mission report. From the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum. Publisher: Jimmy Carter Library & Museum Extra Keywords Robert C. Ode LII Database Information: Record 22840 created by Maria Brandt on 10/30/2006 Last modification on 10/30/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 05/22/2007 Published: 11/01/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22840