Why did Iranians take 53 Americans hostage at the American embassy in Iran?

Question

A. to force the United States to lift the oil ban
B. because the U.S. government allowed the shah to travel to the United States for medical treatment
C. because Ayatollah Khomeini took over the Iranian government
D. to protest the shah’s favoring of American democracy

Answer 1

B. because the U.S. government allowed the shah to travel to the United States for medical treatment