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65 1979 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis Images and Stock Photos

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American hostages arrive at Wiesbaden Air Base in West Germany after being released from the US Embassy in Iran, January 20, 1981. They had been held...

Iran Hostages Released

Reproduction of the French Press Agency AFP "flash" or first agency dispatch announcing a group of Iranian students belonging to the Muslim Student...

IRAN-HOSTAGE-CRISIS

Locked gate at US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20,...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Demonstration in front of the US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Man with a gun speaking in walkie talkie on the roof of US embassy, one of the Iranian students kidnapper of 52 Americans held hostages during 444...

Iran US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

In front of the US embassy the crowd gathers while the Guards of the Revolution watch the embassy and the 52 hostages kept by Islamist students, a...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Group of hostage holders putting fire on the Amercian flag on the roof of the occupied U.S. Embassy during the U.S. Hostage crisis which was a...

The Iranian Revolution

Press conference inside the US embassy done by the Iranian students kidnapper of 52 Americans held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

One of the Iranian students kidnapper of 52 Americans held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 present some pictures...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Die amerikanischen Teheran-Geisel treffen am 25.1.1981 mit einem Bus auf dem Frankfurter Flughafen ein, von wo sie ihre Rückreise in die USA antreten...

Abflug der Teheran-Geiseln in die USA

Die 52 amerikanischen Geiseln, die seit dem 4.11.1979 in der US-Botschaft in Teheran im Iran gefangengehalten wurden, treffen am 21. Januar 1981 von...

Amerikanische Teheran-Geiseln sind frei

American hostages on a bus returning to the U.S following their captivity in Iran ride down Pennsylvania Avenue January 1981 in Washington, DC. The...

American Hostages Return To U.S. From Iran

Woman, one of the Iranian students kidnapper of 52 Americans held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 holding a gun in...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

American journalist and author Mark Bowden in front of a mural of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran, 8th December 2003....

Bowden In Tehran

Standing by the poster of the religious leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution; Ruhollah Musavi Khomein, oppositionist Iraqi man, use the U.S. Embassy...

The Iranian Revolution

Young boy pointing a toy gun at the caricatured sculpture of Jimmy Carter, the U.S. President at that time, at a demonstration during the hostage...

The Iranian Revolution

While holding the Koran, an army commander, accompanied with few soldiers sit on a tank at a demonstration in support of the U.S. Hostage crisis...

The Iranian Revolution

By holding an unconscious woman, two other women try to move her away from the crowd gathered in front of the occupied U.S. Embassy during the...

The Iranian Revolution

American hostages Marine Sergeant Ladell Maples, Marine Sergeant William Quarles and secretary Kathy Gross are presented to the press at the occupied...

American Hostages

The mother of Private First Class Paul Good holding a folded American flag during a flag-raising ceremony at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage,...

Raising Of 444th Flag At Hillcrest Memorial Park

Student reading during a flag-raising ceremony at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, January 20th 1981. The flag was the 444th and...

Raising Of 444th Flag At Hillcrest Memorial Park

The mother of Private First Class Paul Good holding a folded American flag during a flag-raising ceremony at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage,...

Raising Of 444th Flag At Hillcrest Memorial Park

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper. A CBS made-for-TV movie originally broadcast May 17, 1981. Based on events related to the Iran hostage crisis...

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Shredder thought to be used to destroy confidential document at former U.S. Embassy on March 10, 2013 in Teheran, Iran. The building, now museum, was...

Inside Former U.S. Embassy In Teheran

Wiretapping machine is seen at former U.S. Embassy on March 10, 2013 in Teheran, Iran. The building, now museum, was the center of the U.S. Hostage...

Inside Former U.S. Embassy In Teheran

Sign on the wall says 'Forgery Room - CIA personnels were creating documents and passports of other countries in an illegal action for sending their...

Inside Former U.S. Embassy In Teheran

Crowd during demonstration in front of the US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostages during 444 days from...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Demonstration outside the US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Veiled women demonstrating in front of the US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostages during 444 days from...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Child with a portrait of the Ayatollah Khomeini demonstrating outside the US embassy during the hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held...

Iran Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Press conference inside the US embassy done by the Iranian students kidnapper of 52 Americans held hostages during 444 days from November 4, 1979 to...

US Hostage Crisis In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran

Despite a ceremony for the 41th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a small amount of protesters...

Protests Outside The US Embassy In Tehran