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1979-1980: ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN IRAN

Approved for Release: 2017/06/29 C06080069 1979-1980: Attempting to Rescue the American Hostages in Iran On 4 November 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Teheran taking 69 Americans hostage. Shortly thereafter, the militants released sixteen hostages leaving 53 still held in the embassy...
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Declassified

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Created
Dec 28, 2022
Released
Jan 19, 2018
Publication
Jan 19, 2018
Case number
F-2013-00120

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Metadata

Document #

06080069

Case #

F-2013-00120

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIPPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

2 pages

File Size

46.44 KB