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The shah is allowing his secret police to deal with revolutionarys as they please, this sparks a revolution in iran. The revoluntionarys then blame the United States for not confronting this tyranny.
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On November 4, 1979, an angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage.
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After the students took their hostages Jimmy Carter embargos Irans oil.
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On this date Mendaz rescued the diplomats and gave them credentials to pass the Irany border . When they arrived in Switzerland the diplomats were put into hiding and were not allowed to talk to the press in order to keep the other prisoners safe.
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On the 24th of April the US government launch a rescue mission for the hostages. This mission failed when 3 of the helicopters had to turn around with mechanical problems,
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On January 20, 1981, as Ronald Reagan became President, the hostages were flown from Teheran to Europe, and on to New York.
The crisis was over.
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