An American hostage being paraded before the cameras by his Iranian captors. Following the Iranian revolution over fifty American hostages were taken...
Tehran, Iran. This photo taken on the first day of occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran shows American hostages being paraded by their militant...
Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20 after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American...
Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran 04 November 1979. Twenty years later, 04 November 1999, the former embassy building...
Standing by the poster of the religious leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution; Ruhollah Musavi Khomein, oppositionist Iraqi man, use the U.S. Embassy...
Teheran, Iran: Demonstrators perched atop of the United States Embassy wall, burn an American flag, the fourth American flag to be burned since the...
American hostages arrive at Wiesbaden Air Base in West Germany after being released from the US Embassy in Iran, January 20, 1981. They had been held...
Washington, DC: A grim-faced President Jimmy Carter, seated at desk in Oval Office of White House tells of the aborted rescue effort intended to get...
Un homme brandit des photos du président Jimmy Carter devant l'ambassade américaine pendant la crise des otages à Téhéran le 6 novembre 1979, Iran.
President Jimmy Carter signs the order blocking Iranian funds in US banks, on November 14, 1979 in Washington DC, as White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler...
Photo shows Hostages photographed inside the United States embassy compound as they are led outside the building, blindfolded on the first day of the...
American hostages are presented to the press at the occupied U.S. Embassy shortly before their imminent release. From left: Elizabeth Montagne, Terry...
United States hostages departing an airplane on their return from Iran after being held for 444 days. One of the hostages is waving his fists in the...
Three of the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran arrive at Rhein-Main Air Base in West Germany after being released from Tehran. At the top is Jerry...
Washington, DC- President Carter, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, said that the decision of the Iranian government to...
Three unidentified US hostages speak to the press while their Iranian captors watch closely, at the besieged US embassy in Tehran, November 1979....
One of the American woman hostages led outside the United States embassy building on the first day of the occupation, 11/4, photographed by an...
President Jimmy Carter happily poses with the six Americans who were spirited out of Iran by the Canadian Embassy. They are Kathleen Stafford, Henry...
Tehran, Iran: Demonstrators jam street outside the U S. Embassy, where 49 American hostages still being held for the 22nd day, Nov. 25, as the...
Blindfolded American hostage with his hands tied up is brought out on to the compound of the embassy by students who stormed the embassy and took all...
Austrian-Iranian citizens Kamran Ghaderi , Massud Mossaheb and a Danish citizen , the three hostages released from detention by Iran, are greeted by...
Student protestors, some wearing blindfolds and handcuffs, call for the release of US hostages being held in Iran, during a demonstration outside the...
Two American hostages, one identified as Marine Guard William Gallegos , who was recently interviewed for TV broadcast, are shown reading Christmas...
Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20 after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American...
Demonstration near the US embassy where American hostages are held by Islamist students, on November 10, 1979 in Tehran, Iran.
Second day of the Iranian Embassy Siege in London where six gunmen of the Iranian extremist group 'Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the...
Assaillants escaladant les grilles au début de la prise d'otages de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis à Téhéran, le 4 novembre 1979, Iran.
Tehran, Iran- A Moslem revolutionary puts up a poster of Ayatollah Khomeini on the outer wall of the U.S. Embassy compound, occupied 11/4 by students...
President Jimmy Carter Signs a Document Demanding the Release of Americans Held Hostage in Teheran, Iran
Sign posted on a construction site shows 365 days of captivity for the American hostages in held in Iran.
Parade in celebration of the release of 52 Americans who were held captive as hostages in Iran in New York City on January 20, 1980.
Iranian protesters set a US flag on fire during a rally outside the former US embassy in the capital Tehran on November 4 to mark the 42th...
Photograph of President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Secretary of Defence Harold Brown on their...
The Iranian students, who have occupied the U.S Embassy in Tehran, are singing during the second released group of U.S. Embassy staffers hold a press...
Photograph of President Jimmy Carter announcing new sanctions against Iran following the taking American hostages. Photographed by Marion S....
Dasht-e-Kavir, Iran- A charred body and wreckage are strewn in the Dasht-e-Kavir desert after a helicopter crashed into a parked transport, killing 8...
Otages américains séquestrés avec les yeux bandés lors de la prise d'otages de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis à Téhéran, vers 1980, Iran.
The second released group of US Embassy staffers in Tehran hold a press conference 19 November 1979, the day after Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the...
Blindfolded American hostage with his hands tied up is brought out on to the compound of the embassy by students who stormed the embassy and took all...
Militaires et étudiants gardant l'entrée de l'ambassade américaine de Téhéran lors de la crise des otages le 6 novembre 1979, Iran.
Une femme voilée avec un téléphone satellite pendant la crise des otages américains de l'Ambassade US le 8 Novembre 1979 à Téhéran, Iran.
Photograph of President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Secretary of Defence Harold Brown on their...
The "Students Following The Imam Khomeini Line" who hold the American hostages captive inside the compound get ready for prayers on the compound on...
Robat-E Posht-E Badam, Iran: Charred remains of one of the Americans killed in the abortive mission to rescue the 53 American hostages in Tehran, lie...
Standing on the walls of the compound, Iranian students following the Imam Khomeini line throw a US flag into the crowds gathering outside the...
The Danish hostage, Foreign minister Hadja Lahbib, Kamran Ghaderi and Dr. Massud Mossaheb pictured during the arrival of three hostages after flying...
Iranian Revolutionary Guards parade in support of students holding 52 US diplomats hostage inside the former US embassy building, Tehran, 6th...
Six Americans receive a warm welcome at a press conference in Washington, DC, after being rescued in Iran by the Canadian embassy. They are Robert...
Standing on the walls of the compound, Iranian students following the Imam Khomeini line prepare to throw a US flag into the crowds gathering outside...
Des étudiants islamiques réclament la mort du Shah et la pendaison fictive de Jimmy Carter devant l'ambassade des Etats-Unis où se déroule une prise...
Tehran, Iran- Close-up of a blindfolded hostage who was paraded before Iranian photographers and TV cameras. Photo issued by militant Moslem students...