,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#ca1 #bjai,mr4 ,isakson 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 ,leahy7      
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,,resolution       
,recognizing the #djth anniversary of   
the ,iran ,hostage ,crisis1 and for     
other purposes4  ,whereas1 on ,november 
#d1 #aigi1 #ff ,united ,states          
diplomats1 military personnel1 and      
civilians were taken hostage from the   
,united ,states ,embassy in ,tehran by  
the ,government of the ,islamic         
,republic of ,iran in what became known 
as the ,iran ,hostage ,crisis2 ,whereas 
#ac of the #ff ,american hostages were  
released by ,november #bj1 #aigi2       
,whereas #h members of the ,united      
,states ,armed ,forces died in an       
attempt to rescue the hostages on ,april
 #be1 #aihj2 ,whereas another ,american 
hostage was released on ,july #aa1      

#aihj1 after #bej days in captivity2    
,whereas1 after #ddd days in captivity1 
the remaining #eb hostages were released
 on ,january #bj1 #aiha1 with the       
signing of the ,algiers ,accords2       
,whereas the ,iran ,hostages were       
subjected to mock executions and other  
forms of physical and emotional torture 
at the hands of the ,government of the  
,islamic ,republic of ,iran2 ,whereas   
the ,iran ,hostages and their families  
still suffer from the events of the     
,iran ,hostage ,crisis2 ,whereas the    
,algiers ,accords prevented the ,iran   
,hostages from taking legal action to   
pursue compensation from the ,islamic   
,republic of ,iran for their time in    
captivity2 ,whereas many of the ,iran   
,hostages and their families finally    
became eligible to receive compensation 
through the enactment in #bjae of the   
,justice for ,united ,states ,victims of
 ,state ,sponsored ,terrorism ,act 7#cd 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjadd7 and the creation of   
the ,united ,states ,victims of ,state  

,sponsored ,terrorism ,fund2 and        
,whereas1 #dj years after its founding1 
the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran         
continues to promulgate a culture of    
fear1 oppression1 and violence as one of
 the leading state sponsors of          
terrorism3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 the ,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes the #djth
 anniversary of the ,iran ,hostage      
,crisis2  7#b7 honors the suffering of  
the ,iran ,hostages and their families  
during the ,iran ,hostage ,crisis1 as   
well as the sacrifices made by those who
 attempted to rescue the hostages2 and  
7#c7 supports the designation of a      
national day of remembrance on ,november
 #d1 #bjai1 for the ,iran ,hostage      
,crisis4