<Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> November 4, 1979--January 20, 1981 (444 days or 1 year, 2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Tehran, Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Hostages released by Algiers Accords </P> <Ul> <Li> Rupture of Iran--United States relations </Li> <Li> Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and his cabinet resigned </Li> <Li> Iran--Iraq War </Li> <Li> Sanctions imposed on Iran </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <P> Hostages released by Algiers Accords </P>

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