Jimmy Carter4 November 1979
Iranian students sieze the US Embassy & hold 52 US hostages for 444 days. Ayatollah Khomeini, who assumed control of Iran in Feb, voiced support for the siege
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Iranian students sieze the US Embassy & hold 52 US hostages for 444 days. Ayatollah Khomeini, who assumed control of Iran in Feb, voiced support for the siege
A mob in the Pakistani capital burns the US Embassy to the ground, killing a marine
Protesters sack the US embassy in Islamabad, resulting in the death 4 people, sparked by a false report the US was involved in a fire at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
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