17 janvier 2019
40 ans après Révolution Islamique de1979 en Iran. 40 years after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence
Graffiti on the U.S. embassy wall in Tehran. Khomeini, the leader of the revolution, identified the U.S. as an "enemy of Islam". Anti-americanism escalated when the former Shah went to the U.S. for cancer treatment in 1979. On November 4, thousands of young Iranians swarmed the UU.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage. A 14-month standoff followed that humbled President Carter. The Shah died in July 1980, but the hostages were not released until Ronald Reagan officially became president on January 20th, Tehran, IRAN - 1979.
Lieu : TEHRAN, IRAN
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