Iran's leader made the claim less than a week before the president-elect returns to the White House. In his first term, Trump ...

Dozens of American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than a year were freed just as Ronald Reagan was ...

52 Americans were held prisoner at the U.S. embassy in Iran, including Barry Rosen, who was the then-press attaché at the ...

Switzerland has confirmed the death of one of its nationals who was imprisoned on espionage charges in Iran’s Semnan province ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Barry Rosen, one of the 52 Americans held in Iran during the hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981, on President Jimmy Carter's quest to bring about their safe release.

Since the 1979 U.S. Embassy crisis, which saw dozens of hostages released after 444 days in captivity, Iran has used prisoners with Western ties as bargaining chips in negotiations with the world.

Since the 1979 U.S. Embassy crisis, which saw dozens of hostages released after 444 days in captivity, Iran has used prisoners with Western ties as bargaining chips in negotiations. In September 2023, ...

At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.