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Iran Hostage Crisis and 99 Luftballoons by r_mohrmann is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Iran hostage crisis lasted from November 1979 to January 1981, where Iranian militants held 66 US diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days. This crisis overlapped with the release of the song "99 Luftballoons" in Germany in 1981 and is believed to have contributed to President Jimmy Carter losing his reelection bid due to testing his foreign policy conduct.
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