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WCCO 100 Days - Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981
WCCO brings you 100 moments over the 100 years we've been on the air.
In 1979, American citizens were taken hostage in Iran. 444 days later, they were all released and WCCO was able to get one of the first interviews with one of the hostages, U.S. Ambassador Bruce Laingen.
(Image: An American protestor holds a dummy head of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a noose at a demonstration in Washington DC, August 1980. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)
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By AudacyWCCO brings you 100 moments over the 100 years we've been on the air.
In 1979, American citizens were taken hostage in Iran. 444 days later, they were all released and WCCO was able to get one of the first interviews with one of the hostages, U.S. Ambassador Bruce Laingen.
(Image: An American protestor holds a dummy head of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a noose at a demonstration in Washington DC, August 1980. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)