Jimmy Carter says he handled the Iranian hostage crisis 30 years ago the right way, and that if he had attacked Tehran, thousands would have died.

The United States and Iran have been adversaries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the hostage crisis at the US embassy ...

The 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 40 years ago. While those held hostage at the embassy ...

America was down bad at the onset of the 1980s. Vietnam, Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, high inflation and unemployment, ...

1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt. February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns ...