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| 1979 | Carter, Jimmy |  |
| Islamabad 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 |
| 4th Nov Tehran 500 Iranians sieze the US Embassy in Tehran take 90 hostages & burn the American flag |
| 4th Nov Tehran Ayatollah Khomeini, who assumed control of Iran in Feb, voiced support for the siege |
| 4th Nov Tehran Iranian students sieze the US Embassy & hold 52 US hostages for 444 days |
| 4th Nov Tehran To get the US to return the Shah to Iran on charges of torture, murder & robbery |
| 21st Nov Islamabad A mob in the Pakistani capital burns the US Embassy to the ground, killing a marine |
| 1980 | Carter, Jimmy | |
| Tehran A helicopter mission to rescue the hostages leads to political disaster |
| Tehran The failed operation leads to the death of 8 soldiers |
| 4th Nov Tehran A helicopter mission to rescue the hostages leads to political disaster |
| 4th Nov Tehran Extremists seize the US Embassy, take 66 hostages & demand the extradition of the Shah |
| 4th Nov Tehran Foreign Minister, Sadeq Qotbzadeh, condemned the rescue effort as "an act of war" |
| 6th Nov Tehran Informed at an NSC meeting that KGB agents had been identified in the US Embassy |
| 1981 | Carter, Jimmy | |
| 21st Jan Tehran The day after Jimmy Carter leaves Office the US hostages in Iran are released |
