Ruhollah Khomeini4 November 1979
The embassy seizure turns Iran's revolutionary crisis into a major confrontation with the United States
Iran · Religion / Islam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The embassy seizure turns Iran's revolutionary crisis into a major confrontation with the United States
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