At the end of the 1979-1981 hostage crisis the Shah of Iran was dead. He died of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma) on 27 July 1980, aged 60.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
At the end of the 1979-1981 hostage crisis the Shah of Iran was dead. He died of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma) on 27 July 1980, aged 60.
20th Century with Mike Wallace - 1995 The Shah of Iran and the Iranian Hostage Crisis 1-1 was released on: USA: 14 September 1994
The US had always been a strong ally of Shah Pahlavi, the previous ruler of Iran before the Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution, and just as the new theocracy had rebelled against the corrupt regime of the Shah, so too did they rebel against the Shah's cynical ally, the US. Of course, in so doing, they set in motion a conflict that continues to this day in various ways, and is highly destructive. It was not a smart move.
When the US did not return former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979, the American embassy in Iran was attacked and several of its members were taken hostage for 444 days. This has been termed the "Iran Hostage Crisis."
The United States debated about if they should bring the Shah into the U.S. for medical treatment. Or if they should listen to demands the Iranians wanted.
The United States refused to render the deposed Shah of Iran back to Iran for trial (and likely execution) at the hands of the new Islamic Republic regime.
Iran demanded that the US return the former Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi) to Iran for a trial (which would undoubtedly result in his execution) and unfreeze Iranian government funds in Swiss Banks in exchange for the US hostages. Iran eventually got the money, but not the Shah, who died in exile in Egypt.
The overthrow of the Shah (Reza Pahlavi) in the late 1970s, and the takeover of the Iranian government by Ayatollah Khomenei, culminating in the Iran hostage crisis, led to this event.
It has been seen as one of the causes of the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
In 1979, the shah of Iran was overthrown. Shortly thereafter the Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred in which foreigners, including Americans, were held for over a year before being released as Ronald Reagan was being sworn in as president.
The iranians wanted the Shah sent back to Iran to be tried