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Most simply, the hostages in the Iran Hostage Crisis were US citizens. As a result, the US intervened in order to protect their citizens. As for why Iranians overran the US Embassy and took its workers as hostages, this was in retaliation for the US failure to render the deposed Shah back to the Iranian Revolutionaries for "justice", which would have been a kangaroo court and execution.
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∙ 13y agobecause they thought they would get away with it!:D well they did
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Why did the US get involved in the Iran hostage crisis?
This is because the Iranian people were opposed to America's policies in Iran.
The us suspended diplomatic relations with Iran after what event took place?
the 1979 hostage crisis
What president was in office during Iran hostages crisis?
Ayatollah was the President in Iran during the hostage crisis. The hostages were taken in the US embassy in Tehran and were released 444 days later.
Us president Jimmy Carter faced a serious international crisis when 52 americans were held hostage in?
Iran
What country held US citizens hostage for 444 days?
The US Embassy hostages in Iran.
What problem did Jimmy Carter face?
The Iran Hostage crisis, when US diplomats in Tehran were held captive for more than a year.
What was an important consequence of the Iran hostage crisis?
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.
What did the US and Iran debate on that caused 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.
How did Iran respond when the U.S. refused to hand over Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi following the Iranian Revolution?
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."
What demands were made in the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
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.
Was president carter less popular after the Iran hostage crisis?
52 US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution. This was the Iran hostage crisis. Carter sent a delat team but the mission was aborted because an airplane struck another aircraft. Bad press allways did the thing but there were other things that did worse in Carter's image.
Why did Iranian radicals take American hostages at the US Embassy in 1979?
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.
