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November 21 1979, Tehran, Iran: Hundreds of thousands of women demonstrate against the US for the hostages who are in their 19th day of captivity

November 21 1979, Tehran, Iran: Hundreds of thousands of women demonstrate against the US. They shout for the Shah in return for the hostages who are in their 19th day of captivity

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1979, Tehran, Iran: An American hostage is shown before the media by his Iranian captors

An American hostage
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April 25 1980, Washington, US: President Jimmy Carter prepares to address the American people on nationwide television

Jimmy Carter prepares to address the American people

following the failed mission to rescue the Iran hostages
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January 21 1981, Algiers: A group of hostages give the victory sign as they emerge from an Algerian aircraft after their flight from Tehran

group of hostages give the victory sign as they emerge from an Algerian aircraft
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March 4 1987, Washington, US: President Ronald Reagan admits in a television address that he and his staff traded arms for hostages with Iran and funneled profits to the Nicaraguan Contras armies

Reagan admits in a television address that he and his staff traded arms for hostages with Iran and funnelled profits to the Nicaraguan Contra armies
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November 1987, Los Angeles, US: A poster depicting Ronald Reagan sends a message to viewers about Reagan's role in the events leading to the Iran-Contra hearings

a message to viewers about Reagan's role in the events leading to the Iran-Contra hearings
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July 1 1988, Iranian mourners attending an anti-US demonstration after the USS Vincennes accidentally shot down an Iranian airbus

July 1 1988, Tehran, Iran: Iranian mourners attend an anti-US demonstration after the USS Vincennes accidentally shot down an Iranian Airbus plane

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January 8 1998, Tehran, Iran: CNN correspondent Christianne Amanpour interviews president Mohammad Khatami

hristianne Amanpour interviews president Mohammad Khatami.
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March 17 2000, Washington, US: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about the United States' decision to lift a US ban on imports of Iranian luxury goods and to try to settle outstanding legal claims between the two countries

US decision to lift a ban on imports of Iranian luxury goods
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January 29 2002, Washington, US: President George Bush delivers his State of the Union address during which he describes Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an 'axis of evil'

'axis of evil'
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January 2 2003, Bam, Iran: A child cries as an other child is treated by doctors at the American field hospital

child is treated by doctors at the American field hospital
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April 8 2006, Tehran, Iran: Students hold anti US slogans

anti-US slogans
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May 7 2006, Tehran, Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at the Basij Militia
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April 18 2007, Tehran, Iran: A girl passes a mural at the former US embassy

former US embassy
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May 28 2007, Baghdad, Iraq: US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Kazemi Qomi, left, attend a meeting on security in Iraq

Crocker
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February 3 2007, Isfahan, Iran: A technician at the uranium conversion facility