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Iran's conservatives mark 1979 hostage crisis
[Al Ahram] Iran's conservatives mobilised large crowds Monday to celebrate the 1979 US embassy takeover, in a show of force against any thaw in decades of hostility towards Washington.This year saw some of the largest November 4 rallies in years, less than two months after President Hassan Rouhani, a reputed moderate, held a taboo-breaking phone conversation with his American counterpart Barack Obama I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money... in New York. Thousands of Iranians shouted "Death to America™" in state-organised rallies across Iran after hardline and conservative factions in the establishment had called for a massive turnout to mark the 34th year since Islamist student stormed the embassy compound. The ensuing crisis saw 52 American diplomats held hostage in the embassy compound for 444 days, and was a major turning-point for the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled a US-backed monarch. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-05 |
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