despite the setbacks , the partisans remained Presence a credible fighting force , with their organization gaining Getting recognition from the western allies at the tehran conference Communication and laying the foundations for the post-war yugoslav state .

fifty-two american diplomats and citizens were held Defending hostage for 444 days from november 4 , 1979 , to january 20 , 1981 , after a group of iranian college students belonging to the muslim student followers of the imam 's line , who supported Supporting the iranian revolution Change_of_leadership , took over Conquering the u.s. embassy in tehran .

iran air flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from tehran to dubai via bandar abbas , that was shot down Use_firearm on 3 july 1988 by an unk surface-to-air missile fired Use_firearm from , a guided missile cruiser of the united states navy .

operation eagle claw , known as operation tabas ( ) in iran , was a united states armed forces operation ordered by u.s. president jimmy carter to attempt to end Process_end the iran hostage crisis by rescuing Rescuing 52 embassy staff held Defending captive at the embassy of the united states , tehran on 24 april 1980 .

although the three leaders arrived Arriving with differing objectives , the main outcome of the tehran conference was the western allies ' commitment to open Openness a second front against nazi germany .