It was Mousavi, after all, who was at the centre of the [1979-1981] Iran hostage crisis.

The act was made retroactive to November 1979, clearly in acknowledgment of the Iran hostages.

After the first time, Mr. Bush refused to be suckered and went ahead with his own attack, but on the Iran hostage deal the Vice President did not come out well.

Following the 1980 Iran hostage crisis, SAC tasked the former 57th Air Division to organize the Strategic Projection Force.

This terrorist attack was largely unreported due to the Iran hostage crisis at the time.

Amir became popular in Israel during his coverage of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

Despite this legal endorsement and the AF Secretary approval, the USAF did not award the medal to any Iran hostages until November 2011.

Several former hostages allege that during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis Ahmadinejad was one of the key individuals holding Americans inside the embassy.

These photographs show Affleck decked out in period garb while filming scenes in Hollywood for his role in "Argo," a star-studded drama about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

The song was parodied as "Bomb Iran" by Vince Vance and the Valiants during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.