File:ABC News - America Held Hostage The Iran Crisis

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Part of the ABC News Great TV News Stories series. From VHS Tape - "The story of 444 days that changed the course of history. In November of 1979, fanatical supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the US embassy in Tehran, taking everyone they found captive, and holding 52 of them hostage for over a year."

Update (1/8/20): A small portion of Pres. Reagan's inaugural speech at the end of the video was removed due to a copyright claim by an Albanian television channel.