Iran Hostage Crisis 
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SOURCE: Business Insider
1/7/20
In 1980, a 34-year-old Donald Trump said the US should invade Iran in response to the hostage crisis
According to historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman, as cited by Brookings, this was Trump's first known comment on US foreign policy.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
11/4/19
How the PLO served U.S. interests during the Iranian hostage crisis
by Jørgen Jensehaugen
Open communication and negotiation can produce concrete benefits.
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11-27-16
The Case of Xenophobic Hysteria Almost Nobody Remembers
by Matthew Shannon
It’s what happened to Iranians in the US during the Hostage Crisis. Now’s the time to remember it.
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