Americans in Iran hostage crisis to receive compensation – 36 years later

Lawmakers include payment provision of up to $4.4m each, or $10,000 for each of the 444 days the 53 Americans were held, in latest ‘omnibus’ spending bill The 53 Americans taken hostage in Iran in 1979 will finally get financial compensation that had eluded them for decades, after US lawmakers included a payment provision in sweeping spending legislation. 

 

The men and women taken hostage by militant Iranian student groups at the US embassy and who spent 444 days in captivity will be given restitution of up to $4.4m each, or $10,000 for each day they were held.