edited by: Adam Haverstock,
California Editor
Thirty years ago, the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was stormed by radical Islamists. Fifty-two Americans were held for 444 days. The regime marks this date each year with rallies, "death to America" chants and the burning of the Stars and Stripes. This year is different. The opposition "Green Movement" is rebutting those slogans [...]
Today [Wednesday] is the 30th anniversary of the day some radical students invaded the U.S. embassy in Tehran, leading to the 444-day hostage crisis that contributed greatly to the defeat of Jimmy Carter by Ronald Reagan and changed the landscape in the middle East in ways that are still resonating. [...]
