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40 Years On, Iranians Recall 1979 US Embassy Hostage Crisis

Associated Press

   TEHRAN, IRAN - For those who were there, the memories are still fresh,
   40 years after one of the defining events of Iran's 1979 Islamic
   Revolution, when protesters seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and set
   off a 444-day hostage crisis.

   The consequences of that crisis reverberate to this day.

   Veteran Iranian photographer Kaveh Kazemi recalled snapping away with
   his camera as he stood behind the gate where the Iranian militant
   students would usher blindfolded American hostages to those gathered
   outside waving anti-American banners and calling for the extradition of
   the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

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