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President Carter wants UN Security Council meeting to end hostage crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the hostage crisis in Iran. US Charge d’Affaires in Tehran, Bruce Laingen has been able to contact members of the revolutionary government. US President Carter is seeking an...
No action by Khomeini against Iranian hostage-takers (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified male speaker says the US diplomats being held hostage in Iran are in danger, because the Shah will not be returned to Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini, head of the Islamic Revolution, is in no hurry...
Anti-Iranian protests held in United States (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Anti-Iranian protests are taking place in the United States. President Jimmy Carter has issued a decree banning demonstrations in front of government buildings. US Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance says the...
UN calls for release of Iran hostages (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
The UN Security Council has issued a resolution calling for the immediate release of the US diplomats being held hostage in Iran. US President Jimmy Carter has cancelled a visit to Canada. Hostage Bruce...
US freezes Iranian investments (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President Jimmy Carter has frozen Iranian assets in the USA. In order to do so, a national emergency was declared. But many Iranian assets are in banks overseas and not all states will want to comply with...
Anti-Iranian protests in the USA (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the alleged shooting of a trouble-making American student by an Iranian student in the USA. The authorities want to play the incident down in case it endangers the diplomats being held hostage in...
United States rejects three-point Iranian proposal (1979)
- Genre
- News report
The US State Department is studying a three-point Iranian proposal. Iran wants the US to declare the Shah a criminal, set up an international committee to investigate the Shah’s crimes, and to return the...
Kurt Waldheim asks Americans to remain calm in face of hostage crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference
Secretary General of the UN, Kurt Waldheim speaks out on the more than 60 American hostages being held in Iran. The USA is using every available channel to secure release. He asks for Americans to continue...
Iranians angered by US freezing of assets (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
The freezing of Iranian assets in the USA has enraged Iranians. US Treasury Secretary, G William Miller says the decision was not taken to put hostages in difficulty. US State Department spokesman Hodding...
President Carter warns against Iranian trial of diplomats (1979)
- Genre
- News report
The first group of American diplomats held hostage in Iran has been released, but US President, Jimmy Carter has warned that if Iran wants to put the remaining hostages on show trial, it will be a violation...