Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inability of the U.S. to extricate 53 American hostages held by Iranian militants. In a startlingly bold but tragic gamble, President Jimmy Carter had ordered a courageous, specially trained team of American military commandos to try to pluck the hostages out of the heavily guarded U.S. embassy in Tehran. The supersecret operation failed dismally...
...American wrestlers win friends in the streets of Tehran, their presence appears to be infuriating Iran's conservatives. When the Stars and Stripes drew enthusiastic cheers at the opening ceremony of an international wrestling tourney, a conservative cleric urged parliament to reject the presence of the flag "which we used to trample underfoot only last year," and led legislators in the ritual chant of "Death to America...
...Mullah Wrestlemania The arrival of American wrestlers in Tehran has Iranian conservatives ready to rumble...
...Sweat Offensive' in Tehran The U.S. goes to the mat with diplomacy by sending American wrestlers to Iran...
Although it?s regularly burned at demonstrations, Old Glory hasn?t flown unmolested in Tehran since the hostage drama in 1979. Before today, that is, when a U.S. amateur wrestling team arrived in Iran for an international tournament...