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Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981, were brokered by the
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to resolve the
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. The crisis arose from the takeover of the American embassy in
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on November 4, 1979, and the taking hostage of the American staff there. By this accord the 52 American citizens were set free and able to leave Iran.
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The
Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981, were brokered by the
AlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.It is bordered by Tunisia in...
n government between the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and
IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
to resolve the
Iran hostage crisisThe Iranian hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 53 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American embassy in support of the Iranian Revolution.The...
. The crisis arose from the takeover of the American embassy in
TehranTehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Tochal mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia...
on November 4, 1979, and the taking hostage of the American staff there. By this accord the 52 American citizens were set free and able to leave Iran.
Among its chief provisions are:
- The US would not intervene politically or militarily in Iranian internal affairs
- The US would remove a freeze on Iranian assets and trade sanctions on Iran
- Both countries would end litigation between their respective governments and citizens referring them to international arbitration, namely the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal is an international arbitral tribunal established out of an agreement between Iran and the United States, under an understanding known as the Algiers Accords of January 19 1981. The Algiers Accords were the outcome of negotiations between Iran and the United...
.
- The US would ensure that US court decisions regarding the transfer of any property of the former Shah
Shah is a Persian term for a king that has been adopted in many other languages.-Word history:"Shāh" was the title of Iranian kings including the Achaemenid dynasty which unified Persia and created a vast intercontinental empire...
would be independent from "sovereign immunity principles" and would be enforced
- Iranian debts to US institutions would be paid
The US chief negotiator was
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