What was the cause of the Iranian hostage crisis?

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Sim W.
Jun 21, 2018

The Iranian Revolution

Explanation:

In 1979 a revolution struck Iran and thus the shah regime was overthrown by Khomeini who implemented an anti-American regime and took members of the US embassy as hostages which was a huge humiliation for the USA.

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