What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?
A) The CIA helped return the Shah Reza Pahlavi to power.
B) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran, and the United States allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment.
C) An American helicopter and a transport plane collided over the Iranian desert.
D) The Soviet Union invaded Iran.
E) The United States invaded Iran.
B
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