embassy takeover mention in Ruhollah Khomeini obituary (nytimes.com)

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On 4 November, a group of Iranian college students calling themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line took control of the American Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 embassy staff hostage for 444 days, an event known as the Iran hostage crisis.

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And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” Mark 2:22 NIV

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 89, the Unwavering Iranian Spiritual Leader (nytimes.com) The life of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was so shadowy, so overlain with myth and rumor, that there was lingering disagreement or uncertainty about his ancestry, his true name and his date of birth.

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On 23 February 1980, Khomeini proclaimed Iran’s Majlis would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages, and demanded that the United States hand over the Shah for trial in Iran for crimes against the nation.

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On 4 November, a group of Iranian college students calling themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line took control of the American Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 embassy staff hostage for 444 days, an event known as the Iran hostage crisis.