European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine chronology of o crisis by Eddie Fleming staff writer Here is a chronological account of key developments surrounding the americans Captivity in Day 1979 an estimated 300 militant moslem seized the embassy in Tehran taking 98 they demanded the return of deposed Shah Mohammad Reza the the embassy staff held out behind the steel doors of the embassy for three hours before being taken their pleas for help were ignored by iranian despite prior assurances from Iran that the embassy would be Day 5 religious Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini publicly endorsed the takeover of the embassy As moslem militants seized consulates in two iranian cities and ransacked the Ira american society cultural Center in Khomeini followers also seized the British embassy in claiming Britain is americas evil they gave it up hours Day 6 iranian Premier Mehdi Bazargan and his Cabinet resigned in an apparent protest of Kho minis endorsement of the embassy also on the moslem militants holding the embassy threatened to kill their hostages if the tried an Entebbe style patterned on the successful 1976 israeli Mission to free hostages in Ugan it was an iranian threat repeated Many times during the americans Carter convened the National Security Council in Washington to discuss the and two government envoys left for Iran in an attempt to mediate the release of the american hos Khomeini refused to let them meet with iranian Day 8 the militants at the embassy claimed documents found in the embassy prove the american diplomatic personnel were part of an espionage Day 9 the United nations Security coun cil called on the militants to release the american hostages were blindfolded and paraded around the embassy to the jeers of thousands of iranian but when iranian students in the took to the streets to support the embassy they were con fronted by angry and frustrated a wave of patriotism began sweeping the not since Pearl president Carter have we Felt such a nationwide surge of determination and Mutual Day 12 president Carter ordered a halt to Oil purchases from beating the iranian government to the the move turned out to have Little effect on Oil As Iran Oil production fell to a fraction of what it was under the Day 14 Carter froze billion in iranian assets in heading off an attempt by Iran to withdraw the Secretary of state Cyrus Vance headed off a Security Council debate on iranian Day 15 president Carter accused the iranian government of encouraging terrorism by condoning the actions of the militants holding the 63 Amer ican also on Day the militants released one an italian All no american embassy employees Are eventually reducing the hostages to Day 17 Khomeini ordered the militants to release All women and Black hostages if they Are absolved of Day 1920 thirteen five women and eight Black Are released in an apparent attempt by the militants to Divide Public Day 20 the Pentagon ordered the air Craft Carrier Kitty Hawk and five other warships to proceed to the Indian Ocean near Day 21 Radical moslem seized islam holiest the mosque at iranian radio blamed the inciting angry moslem in Pakistan to Burn the embassy in two marines guarding the embassy were Day 23 president Carter warned Khomeini of extremely grave retaliation if a single hostage is Day 27 moslem fearing a Rescue said Treyve mined the Day 29 the United states asked the International court of Justice at the Hague for a ruling against Day 1 the militants holding american hostages in Tehran said one of their William has confessed to being a Cia they vowed to put him on trial As a Day 5 the militants holding 53 Ameri cans in Tehran rejected a unanimous Security Council Appeal for the immediate release of the hos Day 10 the International court of jus Tice heard complaints against iranian leaders boycotted the Day 12 the state department or dered the expulsion of 183 iranian Day 13 nato foreign ministers formally denounced Iran takeover of the Day 15 the Shah flew to temporary exile in Day 21 Carter said the United states will ask the Security Council to impose economic sanctions against Day 25 prayer vigils and candlelight services were held in Washington and throughout the Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher initials hostage agreement in january 1981 nation As the 53 hostages entered their third month in three clergymen conducted Christmas services for the Day 27 soviet troops poured into neigh Boring killed president Hafizullah Amin and installed a puppet Day 31 the Security Council adopted a Resolution calling on Iran to free the hostages by 7 or face possible Day 1980 Iran said a attempt to Block iranian shipping routes would mean Iran later threatened to Stop All persian Gulf shipping if the mines Iran Day 13 the Security Council voted 102 to impose economic sanctions against Iran for its refusal to release the american but the Mea sure was vetoed by the soviet Day 15 claiming biased and distorted ordered All news correspondents to leave the country by Day 16 a group of iranian army officers attempted to overthrow but were caught and later Day 23 the 79yearold Khomeini was taken to a Tehran Hospital after suffering a heart at Day 25 iranians overwhelmingly elected Abulhassan Banisadr As their first president under their new islamic a said he believed the hostage crisis could be resolved Day 29 it was disclosed that the Canad an embassy in Tehran spirited six americans out of sparking pro Canadian demonstrations in the and screams of protest from Day 6 iranian president Banisadr angrily denounced the moslem militants holding the hostages As dictators who have created a government within a Day 7 Banisadr formally took Over As head of the revolutionary making him the number two Man in he again assailed the embassy calling them rebels against the gov Day 11 Banisadr was quoted by a French newspaper As saying the iranian government no longer demanded the return of the Shah in Exchange for the release of the Day 27 Ayatollah first Secre tary of the revolutionary said Iran new parliament will not be ready to decide on the hostages before Day March 6 islamic under in creasing criticism from agreed to turn Over their hostages to the revolutionary the development appeared to signal a Day March 8 in a dispute with the Banisadr the militants changed their minds and re fused to give up control of the Day March 13 doctors in Panama said the Shah had an enlarged spleen and needed another opera Day March 23 the Shah left Panama for a move that Iran claimed was made to avoid extradition a spokesman for the Shah said the move was made for medical it was later revealed that the Shah Felt his life was in danger in Day april 7 Carter expelled the remaining iranian diplomats from the in retaliation for Iran refusal to release the american Day april 10 the nine nations of the euro Pean common Market issued a demand for Iran to release the american but stopped Short of joining the United states in economic Day april 11 militants threatened to kill their american hostages if Iran is attacked by Iraq a bitter enemy of the it was a threat that made Carter reassess the Rescue Day april 17 Carter imposed additional eco nomic sanctions against Iran and indicated the next step might be military Day april 25 an aborted Effort to Rescue the american hostages ended in tragedy when two military aircraft collided at a desert Airstrip in Iran and burst into killing eight Day april 26 iranian militants dispersed their hostages to various locations in and announced plans to move them to different cities to discourage another Rescue continued on Page 14 the stars and stripes Page 13