A guided tour of the US Embassy in Tehran

The US Embassy in Tehran was ground zero for the collapse in US-Iran relations 34 years ago.
Equipments and photographs that belonged to American diplomatic staff are displayed at the former US embassy now turned into a museum in Tehran on November 2, 2013. November 4 is the 34th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, during which Islamist students captured and held 52 US diplomats hostage for 444 days. The crisis triggered a cut in diplomatic relations and led to decades of mutual hostility. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Equipment and photographs that belonged to US diplomatic staff are displayed at the former US Embassy, which has been turned into a museum, in Tehran, Nov. 2, 2013. - ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images
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TEHRAN, Iran — “This is me, yes this is me,” he laughed as he picked up the 34-year-old picture showing him and another Iranian student dragging an American hostage from the US Embassy in Iran.

“I’m proud of being part of this,” said Abdul Hussein Rohalamini, one of hundreds of Iranians who stormed the US Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. I met him along with others at one of the buildings inside the US Embassy complex, which is controlled today by the pro-government paramilitary Basij. They were celebrating the anniversary with their children, grandchildren and others.

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