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4 shown · Jul '81
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This executive order designates January 21, 1981, as the official date when all U.S. citizens and resident aliens held captive during the Iran embassy seizure were returned or accounted for, for purposes of implementing the Hostage Relief Act of 1980. The order triggers statutory benefits and protections for the former hostages and their families.