© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence
Armed Iranian Revolutionaries launched an attack on the U.S. Embassy in central Tehran. Only four days after the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1979. It was carried out by hundreds of militants clambered over the walls and poured through the breached gate.of the large compound on Takht-e Jamshid Street (now called Taleghani Street).heavy gunfire raged U.S. marines attempted to protect the compound. Tehran, Iran - 14/02/1979
Lieu : TEHRAN, IRAN
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