US President Jimmy Carter (2nd L) signs the order blocking Iranian funds in US banks, on November 14, 1979 in Washington DC, as White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler (L), Secretary of the Treasury G. William Miller (2nd R) and Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti look on. On November 04, 1979, 400 islamic students took around fifty of american diplomats who stayed at the US embassy of Tehran hostage. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
