Nov. 4, 1979: Protesters seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking the Americans working in the embassy hostage. The hostage-takers tell Carter they want the shah returned to Iran to stand trial ...

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. The consequences of that crisis ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — In November 1979, Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage for 444 days. When Koob heard ...

In November 1979, Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage for 444 days. As she reflects on the death of former ...