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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sageandscholar" data-source="post: 2141256" data-attributes="member: 236637">First of all, of the 66 hostages taken in the Tehran Embassy hostage crisis, 13 were released in Nov 1979, 52 on Jan 20 1981 and only 1 in July 1980. So which hostages are you referring to being freed in 1980, and which Reagan speech?The majority of the hostages were in fact released as a result of the Algiers Accords - negotiated by the Carter Administration.It is possible that Reagan had some influence - but not due to any public speech. Secret deals between Reagan officials that later led to the Iran Contra affair are alleged to have begun with the hostage crisis - although this is far from proven.</blockquote>