Name: The lasting impact of the 1979 Iran-US hostage crisis | FT
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The Iran hostage crisis in November 1979,

when Iran student revolutionaries stormed the US

embassy in Tehran, holding 52 diplomats captive for 444 days.

is now a museum run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

On display, document disposers and satellite transmitters,

the US was using in its attempts to undermine the revolution.

Earlier that year Iranians had overthrown the monarch

and the country had voted to establish an Islamic republic.

Their actions still echo through these rooms and corridors

No responsible government should subsidise Iran's bloodlust.

pulled out of the nuclear accord and imposed the toughest

Iran has vowed not to retreat from its ballistic missile

Ordinary Iranians like Ali are suffering,

and says Iran is right not to trust the US.

His wife Simin believes the country must maintain the power

For Ramin, however, the hostage taking was a costly mistake.

The embassy equipment may look outdated now,

but the mistrust between the US and Iran is current and real.

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