Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1979, wasu jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka da 'yan kasar 52 sun yi garkuwa da' yan kungiyar daliban Iran a Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka na Tehran. Bayan murabus na Cyrus Vance ya bar rata a cikin tattaunawar don masu garkuwa, Muskie ya yi kira ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UN) da gwamnatin Iran don sakin masu garkuwa ba tare da nasara ba. Tuni watanni shida a cikin rikicin garkuwa, an matsa masa ya kai ga mafita ta diflomasiyya. Kafin ya hau kujerar, yunƙurin ceto na Delta Force da ake kira Operation Eagle Claw ya haifar da mutuwar sojoji da yawa, yana barin sa hannun soja wani mataki mai mahimmanci ga jama'ar Amurka. Ya kulla huldar diflomasiyya da gwamnatin Iran kuma ya yi kokarin sakin wadanda aka yi garkuwa da su amma ba a yi nasara ba. A ranar 15 ga Janairu, yayin da Muskie ke tashi don yin jawabi ga Majalisar Dattawa ta Maine a Augusta, Shugaba Carter ya kira shi yayin da jirginsa ke sauka a Andrews Air Force Base. Carter ya faɗakar da shi cewa akwai yiwuwar nasara a cikin tattaunawar da mataimakin sakatarensa Warren Christopher ya gudanar. Bayan tattaunawar ta gaza, Muskie ya umarci ma'aikatar harkokin wajen da ta ci gaba da neman yarjejeniya don sakin 'yan gudun hijirar. A ranar 20 ga watan Janairu, ranar da Ronald Reagan ya hau karagar mulki
<unk>an ba da 'yan gudun hijira 52 ga hukumomin Amurka, wani bayani da ya tsere wa Muskie da dukkanin gwamnatin Carter na tsawon kwanaki 444 kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga rashin nasarar Carter.