Sgt James Hughes was one of the hostages released early. With US-Iran relations once again in the spotlight, he talks about being ‘handcuffed, under armed guard’ ...

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage. What was expected to ...

On April 24, 1980, the U.S. initiated Operation Eagle Claw to rescue 53 hostages in Iran amid the Iran Hostage Crisis.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced that a US Air Force (USAF) officer whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran’s military had been rescued by US Special Operations forces. This followed a ...

“WE GOT HIM!” Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that the second of two US airmen had been rescued from “deep inside” Iran struck a “triumphant” tone, said Jonathan Sacerdoti in The Spectator – and ...

The downing of the F-15E in Iran sparked the largest rescue operation in recent memory. Credit: U.S. Air Force The failed Operation Eagle Claw in 1980 mission to rescue hostages inside Iran served as ...

Three Iranians with ties to the 1979 hostage drama are under arrest in Los Angeles and facing deportation. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Eissa Seyed Hashemi, his wife Maryam ...

Nearly 35 years had passed — so long since the homecoming for the 52 Americans taken hostage by Iranian militants that the group had dwindled to 39 — when what felt like a measure of justice was ...

The Wall Street Journal reported aides kept the U.S. President away from the room because they were worried he was too impatient.