How AP covered seize of US Embassy in Tehran without a bureau
5 years, 2 months ago

How AP covered seize of US Embassy in Tehran without a bureau

India TV News  

Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, starting a 444-day hostage crisis that transfixed America. A mob of Iranian students overran U.S. Marine guards in a three-hour struggle Sunday and invaded the American Embassy in Tehran, seizing dozens of staff members as hostages, Tehran Radio reported. Image Source : AP Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran No serious injuries were reported. Image Source : AP Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran White House spokesman Alan Raymond reported in Washington that President Carter, spending the weekend at the Camp David retreat, was in contact with his national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance and Defense Secretary Harold Brown. Image Source : AP Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Asked if the students were armed, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said he had heard no reports that they were.

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US Embassy takeover: The 444-day Iran hostage crisis that overshadowed Jimmy Carter's presidency | READ
1 week, 5 days ago

US Embassy takeover: The 444-day Iran hostage crisis that overshadowed Jimmy Carter's presidency | READ

India TV News  

For those who were there, the memories are still fresh, 45 years after one of the defining events of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, when protesters seized the US Embassy in Tehran and set off a 444-day hostage crisis. Outside the former embassy’s shaded red brick walls, which were in the process of being painted with anti-US murals for the upcoming …

Fatal shooting at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran raises tensions
1 year, 11 months ago

Fatal shooting at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran raises tensions

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A gunman stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital Friday, killing its security chief and wounding two guards in an attack that spiked long-simmering tensions between the two neighboring countries. Tehran’s police chief, Gen. Hossein Rahimi, initially blamed the attack on “personal and family problems,” something quickly repeated across Iranian state media. However, surveillance footage …

Iran Marks 1979 US Embassy Takeover Amid Nationwide Protests
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran Marks 1979 US Embassy Takeover Amid Nationwide Protests

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran on Friday marked the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the September death of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the country’s morality police. Iran’s government has not offered an overall death toll, with one state newspaper even making the counterfactual …

Iran-backed militants storm US embassy in Yemen and seize hostages
3 years, 1 month ago

Iran-backed militants storm US embassy in Yemen and seize hostages

Daily Mail  

The US embassy compound in Yemen has been overrun by Iran-backed Houthi rebels who also took at least 25 Yemeni employees there hostage, the State Department confirmed on Thursday. 'We are concerned that Yemeni staff of the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a continue to be detained without explanation and we call for their immediate release. The embassy has been shut since …

Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of US Embassy
3 years, 2 months ago

Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of US Embassy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Long-simmering tensions between the United States and Iran have flared again in recent months …

Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of US embassy
3 years, 2 months ago

Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of US embassy

Al Jazeera  

General Hossein Salami, chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, denounces the US aggression in the region over past decades. Thousands of Iranians have gathered on Tehran streets for the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”, and burning American and Israeli flags. General Hossein Salami, chief of the Islamic …

Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy after two days of clashes
5 years ago

Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy after two days of clashes

Daily Mail  

Pro-Iran militiamen have now withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of violent clashes that saw President Donald Trump fly in hundreds of additional troops to the Middle East. Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters board trucks loaded with items from a sit-in while driving away from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. troops fired …

US Embassy compound in Baghdad besieged by protesters after Iraq airstrikes
5 years ago

US Embassy compound in Baghdad besieged by protesters after Iraq airstrikes

Salon  

Hundreds of protesters stormed into the heavily-guarded compound of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, trapping diplomats inside in response to American airstrikes, which killed 24 members of an Iranian-backed militia over the weekend. President Donald Trump responded angrily Tuesday to the storming of the embassy compound, blaming Iran for the siege and stating that he expected protection from …

Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy
5 years, 2 months ago

Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy

Associated Press  

Here are key moments in the 1979 Iranian takeover and subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Bani-Sadr says, however, “I tell the nation, it is a war.” Day 158, April 9 - As Washington hints of a possible naval blockade of Iran, the militants say they will burn the U.S. Embassy and kill the hostages if …

AP COVERED IT: Iran students seize US Embassy in Tehran
5 years, 2 months ago

AP COVERED IT: Iran students seize US Embassy in Tehran

Associated Press  

EDITOR’S NOTE: On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, starting a 444-day hostage crisis that transfixed America. Tehran Radio said as many as 100 hostages were being held, but an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said he believed it was fewer than 45 — about 35 Americans and seven or eight Iranians. …

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