1981 ⟶ Reagan Inaugurated, Iran Hostages Released

January 20: Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President of the...
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🇺🇸 Jimmy Carter Inaugurated as U.S. President

January 20: Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as President of the United States.⟶
Jimmy Carter Inaugurated as U.S. President (1977)
PresidencyInaugurationCold WarForeign Policy
United StatesUnited States

🏛️ Iranian Students Seize US Embassy in Tehran, Taking Hostages

November 4: The Iran hostage crisis begins.⟶
Iranian Students Seize US Embassy in Tehran, Taking Hostages (1979)
Cold WarRevolutionDiplomacyHostage CrisisInternational RelationsPolitical Conflict
IranIranUnited StatesUnited States

🇺🇸 Reagan Inaugurated, Iran Hostages Released

January 20: Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President of the United States. Iran releases the 52 U.S. hostages held in Tehran after 444 days.⟶
Reagan Inaugurated, Iran Hostages Released (1981)
PresidencyHostage CrisisCold WarDiplomacyRonald Reagan
United StatesUnited StatesIranIran

💣 Iran-Contra Affair Begins: US Arms Sales to Iran

August 20: Beginning of the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration involving the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.⟶
Iran-Contra Affair Begins: US Arms Sales to Iran (1985)
ScandalCold WarReagan AdministrationCovert OperationsInternational RelationsPolitical Corruption
United StatesUnited StatesIranIran