Editing Tabas (section)

=== Operation Eagle Claw ===
{{Main|Operation Eagle Claw}}
The failed rescue American operation [[Operation Eagle Claw]] on 24–25 April 1980 to free American hostages in Tehran occurred near Tabas in Tabas Country about 127km southwest of Tabas town by the road to Yazd location (33.07020674739667;55.89196171977231).<ref>{{Citation |title=Operation Eagle Claw |date=2003 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952590.n324 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Terrorism |access-date=2023-06-27 |place=2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks California 91320 United States |publisher=SAGE Publications, Inc.|doi=10.4135/9781412952590.n324 |isbn=9780761924081 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In Iran, the operation is called ''amaliat tabas'' (Tabas operation), and the significance and aftermath of the failed operation made the city Tabas known in almost every corner of Iran.<ref>[[:fa:عملیات طبس]]</ref> The [[Tabas (air defense system)|Tabas air defense system]] is accordingly named so.