Operation Eagle Claw

When

24 Apr 1980 – 25 Apr 1980

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

1

Coordinates

33.07° N, 55.89° E

Description

1980 Delta Force failed operation for rescuing American hostages

Failed 1980 American military operation in Iran

Operation Eagle Claw was a failed United States Department of Defense attempt to rescue 52 embassy staff held captive by Revolutionary Iran on 24 April 1980. It was ordered by U.S. president Jimmy Carter after the staff were seized at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran. The operation, one of Delta Force's first, encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently aborted.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Operation Eagle Claw zur Beendigung der Geiselnahme von Teheran scheitert”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Eagle Claw”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “неудачная операция вооружённых сил США по освобождению американских заложников в Иране”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page