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How Iran’s hostage crisis led to a deadly US military disaster
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage. What was expected to ...
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran. Faced with an ever ...
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 ...
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