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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1356118, member: 19065&quot;]<i>from </i>Wikipedia, <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" rel="nofollow">Iran hostage crisis</a></b>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The hostages were released on the day President Carter&#039;s term ended.&nbsp; While Carter had an &quot;obsession&quot; with finishing the matter before&nbsp; stepping down, the hostage-takers are thought to have wanted the release&nbsp; delayed as punishment for his perceived support for the Shah. <span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">Iranians insisted on payment in gold rather than US dollars so the U.S.&nbsp; government transferred 50 tonnes of gold to Iran while simultaneously&nbsp; taking ownership of an equivalent quantity of Iranian gold that had been&nbsp; frozen at the New York Federal Reserve Bank</span>.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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