The 52 Iran Hostages Felt Forgotten. Here’s What They Wish Would Happen Now. After President Trump referred to the dozens of Americans taken hostage in 1979, survivors said they were still waiting...

The former hostages and their relatives were transported to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Photo by Associated Press/Adam Stoltman Forty years ago, after 444 days in captivity, the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran were released. Their first stop in the U.S? The Hudson Valley.

On Jan. 20, 1981, 52 American hostages were released by Iran after 444 days in captivity. Rodney "Rocky" Sickman, one of 66 taken hostage when Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran ...

In this photo from 1985, William F. Keough Jr., who was one of 52 American hostages held in the U.S. Embassy in Iran for 444 days, sits with his daughter Allyssa Keough Stevens.

The President Says US ‘Targeting 52 Iranian Sites’ Representing ’52 American Hostages’ Taken in 1979 President Trump confirmed Saturday evening that the United States military is currently targeting 52 Iranian sites for a potential strike should Tehran attack American personnel or assets in the region.

On the day of Reagan’s inauguration, January 20, 1981, the United States freed almost $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and the 52 hostages were released after 444 days. The next day, Jimmy...

By midsummer 1980, 52 hostages remained in the embassy compound. Diplomatic maneuvers had no discernible effect on the Ayatollah’s anti-American stance; neither did economic sanctions such as the...