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The lasting impact of the 1953 coup While the U.S. and Iran have butt heads over a range of issues since the 1979 revolution and hostage crisis, including years of strife over Iran’s nuclear program, the 1953 coup remains a critical event still invoked in modern Iran.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Authorities say a police officer was killed and others were injured in what local officials described a hostage crisis involving a man with a gun and zip ties that culminated a shootout at a York County, Pennsylvania, hospital.
—Harrison Jones, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Reales was in the U.S. Navy for 8 years and was on a ship in the Indian Ocean during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
We were treated terribly during the hostage crisis.
—Courtney Dorning, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Authorities say a police officer was killed and others were injured in what local officials described a hostage crisis involving a man with a gun and zip ties that culminated a shootout at a York County, Pennsylvania, hospital.
—Harrison Jones, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Reales was in the U.S. Navy for 8 years and was on a ship in the Indian Ocean during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
We were treated terribly during the hostage crisis.
—Courtney Dorning, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Hostage crisis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostage%20crisis. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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