Daily Archives for 19 January 2017


January 19: Iran Releases 52 American Hostages

On January 19, 1981 the United States and Iran agreed to release 52 American hostages that were in captivity for fourteen months. In November 1979, tensions between the United States and Iran were very high. Iran had recently overthrown their leader Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Shah was the leader of Iran since 1941; however, he […]