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The Iranian Hostage Crisis - Short History - Department History - Office of the Historian
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the embassy and detained more than 50 Americans, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior members of the staff, as hostages. The Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days.
- "Act of War" Definition: An attack on an embassy is legally equated to an attack on the sovereign territory of the country that owns the embassy.
- Historical Precedent: While often treated as a casus belli (justification for war), such attacks have historically led to severe diplomatic crises, targeted retaliation, and regional conflict rather than conventional war.
Iranian Actions: Iran has been accused of targeting foreign embassies, including the 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut and the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran. Conversely, Iran has faced, and retaliated against, attacks on its own diplomatic missions (e.g., in Damascus in 2024), which it frames as a violation of its sovereignty.
Iran has killed over 1000 Americans.
Iran is building nuclear weapons to use against the United States and any American base in the Middle East
Iran has used proxies to attack American interests in the Middle East
Iran has murdered 32000 of its own people
Iran is a threat to world peace
This war is just and any American who opposes it is a traitor