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Iran Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Iran Turns 30

Iran Celebrates 30th Anniversary
In this Nov. 9, 1979 photo, one of the hostages seized when Islamic radicals stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, is displayed to the crowd outside the embassy by the Iranian hostage takers. Although President Carter worked throughout the 1980 presidential campaign to secure the release of the hostages, he failed and they were not freed until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. (AP Photo)
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