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Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Dan Goldman (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and others held a news conference with families of American hostages in Gaza to call for the return of the hos…

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of foreign policy issues, including stalled aid for Ukraine, the war in Gaza, and ongoing…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave remarks at an event on the international response to the taking of hostages for diplomatic purposes. He spoke at a Wilson Center for Scholars discussio…

Families of hostages captured by Hamas testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Witnesses emotionally detailed their last c…

A bipartisan group of senators, and others, held a news conference with American and Israeli families of hostages kidnapped by Hamas.

Retired Navy SEAL and former hostage negotiator Dan O’Shea spoke about the talks between Israel and Hamas over the return of hostages.

House members debated a resolution to condemn Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and called for the release of all hostages.

Family members of hostages held captive in Gaza spoke to the press about their experiences pertaining to the attacks in Israel and advocated for help locating the hundreds of hostages in Gaz…

Senior officials deliver remarks to U.S. prisoners recently freed from Iran after arriving on U.S. soil. The five Americans, some of whom had been imprisoned for years, were freed after the …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken briefed reporters on the release of five U.S. prisoners from Iranian custody. The release came after nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets were unfrozen by th…

Theo Padnos shared his story of being held captive for two years in Syria, while facing brutal abuse and constant death threats. It has been 10 years since the Syrian civil war began and he …

From November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days in Tehran. President Jimmy Carter announced a ban on Iranian oil and the …

On November 4, 1979, Iranian protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage. C-SPAN looked back 40 years to talk about the Iran Hostage Crisis with former foreig…

From 1979 to 1981, 52 Americans were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Wilson Center hosted a panel discussing how the Iran Hostage Crisis has impacted U.S. foreign policy sinc…

Former U.S. foreign service officer John Limbert talked about his experience as a hostage in Iran from 1979 to 1981, including a memorable visit from an Iranian clergyman. This interview is …

Narrated by actor William Shatner, this documentary chronicles the Iran Hostage Crisis from the hostage’s point of view, using interviews with former hostages and footage shot by Iranian stu…

Freed hostage Colonel Thomas Schaefer gave a U.S. Air Force intelligence briefing on strategies he used to cope during his 444 days in Iran from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981.

Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Joel Simon discussed the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations that go into hostage negotiations.

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing on U.S. nationals being held in Iran. Three relatives of hostages in Iran, including one man who had been in custody for 12 years, testifi…

This 1979 U.S. International Communications Agency (USICA) program examines the United Nations' response to the Iran Hostage crisis and the history of laws pertaining to diplomatic immunity.…