On Nov. 4, 1979, while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sickmann became one of 66 American hostages ...

A former hostage in Carlisle, a dissident professor at Harrisburg University, and a new book reveal how willful ignorance ...

In 1979, right after the Islamic Revolution overthrew the Shah and replaced his largely secular regime with a fanatically theocratic one, Iran effectively declared war on both Israel and America. As ...

For decades, the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran has symbolized the righteousness of the Islamic Republic of Iran's revolutionary defiance and the legitimacy of “resistance” as state ...

Iranians have celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. This marks the first commemoration since the U.S. bombed Iran's nuclear facilities during a 12-day war with ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A desert-like patch of sand and scrawny trees in the largest cemetery in Iran’s capital has been the final resting place for decades for some of the thousands killed ...

Engineers from the Jewish state built an efficient infrastructure. Then came the 1979 revolution.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Iran paves over mass grave site at Tehran’s largest cemetery, turning burial ground of 1979 revolution victims ...