How US’s successful rescue of airmen in Iran has roots in a 1980 failed mission

The botched Operation Eagle Claw highlighted deficiencies in planning and inter-service coordination, and transformed the way ...
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What is Operation Eagle Claw? The ‘failed’ US mission that Iran is still talking about

Operation Eagle Claw was a United States military operation carried out on April 24–25, 1980, during the Iran hostage crisis.

Britain couldn’t have pulled off this Iran rescue

The first few hours on the run are exhilarating; everything seems to happen at once. The noise and the danger are so present ...

Why Iran is recalling the failed Eagle Claw mission to counter Trump’s ‘daring’ F-15E pilot rescue

As Donald Trump hails a daring pilot rescue, Iran invokes Operation Eagle Claw to challenge the narrative, reviving memories of a failed 1980 US mission.

Opinion: Could Trump’s war in Iran cause another hostage crisis?

Pete Hegseth lacks the foresight, hindsight and wisdom needed to keep Americans safe. Before we get dragged into another ...

Missing Airman Raises Concerns That Iran Could Gain Leverage Over the U.S.

Since 1979, Iran has repeatedly used Americans and Europeans detained on its territory to win concessions over more powerful ...

U.S. Searches for Airman After Iran Shoots Down Fighter Jet

One crew member was rescued. The risky operation to find the second airman came as the United States and Israel struck ...
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Assault on Iran embassy (minute by minute)

Don't miss today's intense new video that relives the true story of the Iranian hostage crisis when a group of militarized students stormed the embassy and held American diplomats as hostages. 🔔 ...