Radical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini overran the U.S. Embassy and took Americans hostage to protest the admission of the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment, or because the US was spying on Iran from inside the embassy.
The US was providing medical care for the Shah, and the Iranians wanted to remove the existing Iranian government so it could not ally itself with the US.
The 'Iran hostage crisis' as it was known occurred November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 .
In late 1979, the American embassy in Iran was taken over by Iranian students and militants during the Iranian Revolution. The takeover lasted for 444 days and resulted in the holding of 52 American diplomats and citizens as hostages. This event strained relations between the United States and Iran for many years.
I'm not an expert in this, but i know the USA had a lot of influence and control of the Shah (Leader of Iran) prior to the Iranian revolution of 1977 where the people revolted by taking hostages in the US embassy and break this American control. This led to the rise of current Supreme leader Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei.
November 4 1979, during the Iranian Revolution. The hostages were released 444 days later, the same day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.
In 1979, in anger at the United States' refusal to render the deposed Shah back into Iranian custody, Iranians loyal to the Khomeini regime stormed the US embassy and took all of the embassy personnel hostage.
It seized fifty-two American hostages
High gas prices and oil shortages.
Iranian radicals holding U.S. hostages
Iranian radicals holding U.S. hostages
Iranian radicals holding U.S. hostages
Iranian radicals holding U.S. hostages
In November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran and detained 66 American diplomats. The hostage crisis lasted for 444 days.
In late 1979, the American embassy in Iran was taken over by Iranian students and militants during the Iranian Revolution. The takeover lasted for 444 days and resulted in the holding of 52 American diplomats and citizens as hostages. This event strained relations between the United States and Iran for many years.
High gas and oil prices
I'm not an expert in this, but i know the USA had a lot of influence and control of the Shah (Leader of Iran) prior to the Iranian revolution of 1977 where the people revolted by taking hostages in the US embassy and break this American control. This led to the rise of current Supreme leader Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei.
Ayatollah Khomeini.
November 4 1979, during the Iranian Revolution. The hostages were released 444 days later, the same day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.
UK Terrorist group takes Iran embassy hostages 5th May 1980 : Six terrorists take control of the Iranian Embassy in Prince's Gate, South Kensington in central London. The terrorists calling themselves the "Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan" take 26 hostages including the Metropolitan Police constable " PC Trevor Lock" on official protection duty at the main entrance. Their demands included the release of 91 political prisoners held in Iran as well as an aircraft to take them and the hostages out of the UK. The Iran embassy siege ends when SAS storms embassy on May 5th.