Iran has marked the anniversary of the failed 1980 US military operation in the central Iranian desert region of Tabas known as Operation Eagle Claw.
A memorial ceremony was held in the capital Tehran, highlighting the botched American operation in which US choppers crashed in the desert.
On April 24th 1980, the US military carried out a covert operation in Iran by the order of then president Jimmy Carter.
The operation, known as Eagle Claw, failed due to major sand storms in the central Tabas desert, and resulted in the death of American soldiers. Iranians…
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