Describe the events that led to the Iranian hostage crisis. How was the crisis resolved?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
In January 1979, the Iranian people overthrew the longtime authoritarian government of Shah Reza Pahlavi.
Returning from exile in Iraq and then Paris, Rhuollah Khomeini created a popular theocracy.
The shah took his money and fled Iran. Several months later, President Carter allowed him to enter the United States to seek medical treatment for cancer.
The Iranians demanded the shah’s extradition. The refusal of this demand led to the storming of the U.S. embassy.
Carter refused to give into Iranian pressure to return the shah in exchange for the embassy hostages.
A failed military rescue operation only made the situation worse.
Not until after the shah’s death in 1980 did the two governments finally negotiate the hostages’ release in January 1981.
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