On the 37th anniversary of the incidents known as the Iran hostage crisis, most Iranian outlets focused on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s speech commemorating the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, signaling his objection to further negotiations with Washington.
On Nov. 4, 1979, a group of Iranian university students seized the embassy of the United States and held 52 Americans hostage for over a year. On April 7, 1980, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran.
