Question

Why did Iranians take 53 Americans hostage at the American embassy in Iran? (1 point) Responses to force the United States to lift the oil ban to force the United States to lift the oil ban because the U.S. government allowed the shah to travel to the United States for medical treatment because the U.S. government allowed the shah to travel to the United States for medical treatment because Ayatollah Khomeini took over the Iranian government because Ayatollah Khomeini took over the Iranian government to protest the shah’s favoring of American democracy

Answer 1

Iranians took 53 Americans hostage at the American embassy in Iran largely because the U.S. government allowed the deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to travel to the United States for medical treatment. The hostage-taking was a response to the perceived support the U.S. had provided to the shah, who was unpopular and seen as a symbol of American imperialism in Iran. This action occurred after the Iranian Revolution, which resulted in the overthrow of the shah and the establishment of an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.