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28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

28th November 2024
Tagged as: Churchill, Iran, Roosevelt, Second World War, Stalin, Tehran, Tehran Conference, WW2

The secret conference took place in Tehran, Iran, with the primary purpose of discussing the opening of a second front in Western Europe during the Second World War.

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4th November 1979: Iran hostage crisis begins when Iranian students storm the American Embassy in Tehran

4th November 2022
Tagged as: America, Ayatollah Khomeini, Embassy, Hostage, Iran, Tehran, USA

The students seized 66 hostages, 14 of whom were released before the end of the crisis. The other 52 hostages were held for 444 days.

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28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

4th November 1979: Iran hostage crisis begins when Iranian students storm the American Embassy in Tehran

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