Iran Marks Anniversary of US Embassy Seizure Amid Continuing Civic Unrest

Iran Marks Anniversary of US Embassy Seizure Amid Continuing Civic Unrest
Iranian students climb over the wall of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran on Nov. 4 marked the 43rd anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by pro-revolution Iranian students.

The incident, which occurred immediately after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, kicked off decades of hostility between Iran and the United States.