![]() In response, the United States breaks diplomatic relations with Iran, expelling 35 diplomats remaining in the country and imposing a series of economic sanctions. The shah enters a Cairo hospital.ĭay 146, March 28 - The shah undergoes surgery for the removal of his spleen.ĭay 156, April 7 - Khomeini rules the hostages must remain in the hands of the militants. acknowledged the CIA’s role in their escape, which was the subject of the 2012 film “Argo.”ĭay 140, March 22 - Khomeini says Carter confidentially writes to him promising to recognize Islamic Revolution in a public speech.ĭay 141, March 23 - The shah leaves Panama for Egypt, ending a 100-day residence on a resort island.ĭay 142, March 24 - Looking haggard, the shah arrives in Egypt where he began his exile in January 1979 and is greeted by President Anwar Sadat, who says he can stay permanently. 4, had slipped out of Iran with help of the Canadian Embassy, which issued them false identities. 29 - It is disclosed that six Americans, who escaped capture when the U.S. ![]() officials express hope the election will change the tone of the hostage crisis. news correspondents to leave Iran because of what it calls their “biased reporting.”ĭay 83, Jan. 14 - Iran’s Revolutionary Council orders all U.S. The United States decides on sanctions of its own.ĭay 72, Jan. 13, 1980 - Ten of 15 Security Council members vote in favor of economic sanctions against Iran but the Soviet Union, as a permanent member, vetoes the resolution. The hostages aren’t released.ĭay 71, Jan. 7 to release the hostages or face possible sanctions. Security Council approves a resolution giving Iran until Jan. 31 - By a vote of 11-0, with four abstentions, the U.N. The International Court at The Hague orders Iran to free all the hostages.ĭay 58, Dec. 15 - The shah flies to “temporary” exile in Panama. State Department orders the expulsion of 183 Iranian diplomats.ĭay 42, Dec. 7 - In Paris, the shah’s 34-year-old nephew, Shahriar Mustapha Chafik, is shot and killed on the street.ĭay 39, Dec. Security Council votes unanimously to urge Iran to free the American hostages.ĭay 34, Dec. 3 - Iranians vote overwhelmingly in favor of a new Islamic constitution giving Khomeini supreme power.ĭay 31, Dec. 2 - The shah leaves New York for a military hospital near San Antonio, Texas.ĭay 30, Dec. 28 - Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, considered a moderate on the hostage issue after having said he didn’t believe they should be held indefinitely, is replaced as foreign minister by Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, who advocates releasing the Americans only after the shah is returned.ĭay 29, Dec. ![]() 22 - Five non-American hostages are freed from the U.S. 20 - Ten more American hostages are freed.ĭay 19, Nov. 19 - Three of the hostages - two black Marines and a female secretary - are released.ĭay 17, Nov. 18 - The militants announce they will free 13 hostages - eight black men and five women.ĭay 16, Nov. 17 - Khomeini orders the militants to release all women and black hostages if they are absolved of espionage.ĭay 15, Nov. 15 - The embassy militants release one hostage, an Italian cook.ĭay 14, Nov. 14 - All Iranian assets in the United States are frozen on Carter’s orders.ĭay 12, Nov. Security Council meeting to discuss its complaints against the United States.ĭay 11, Nov. 13 - The Iranian government calls for a U.N. 12 - President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to oil imports from Iran, which provided nearly 4% of daily U.S. Embassy claim documents found in the embassy prove the American diplomatic personnel were part of an “espionage unit.”ĭay 9, Nov. 6 - Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and his Cabinet resign.ĭay 5, Nov. ![]() But they give it up hours later.ĭay 3, Nov. 5 - Other followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, seize the British Embassy in Tehran, claiming Britain is America’s “evil” ally. Khomeini called the takeover “a revolution bigger than the first revolution” that had toppled Iran’s monarchy that February.ĭay 2, Nov. They demand the United States return the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who is in a New York hospital. Embassy in Tehran and take 98 people hostage. 4, 1979 - Iranian protesters seize the U.S. Here are key moments in the 1979 Iranian takeover and subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the U.S. and the Islamic Republic for decades to come. 4, 2019, will mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the 444-day hostage crisis that soured relations between the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where students have been holding American hostages. 9, 1979 file photo, demonstrators burn an American flag atop the wall of the U.S.
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