Hussein Sheikholeslam
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Hussein Sheikholeslam is a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also the Iranian ambassador to Syria.
Sheikholeslam is one of the "students" (militants) who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis
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Sheikholeslam is one of the "students" (militants) who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 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 Tehran in support of the Iranian...
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External links
- Nominees Deny Iranian Report on Hostages 16 October 1988