Iran Hostage Crisis Research Paper

Iran Hostage Crisis In the early morning of November 4, 1979 an angry mob of Islamic revolutionaries overran the US Embassy in Tehran, “the group called themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line” (History, Unknown). The Iran Hostage Crisis was also known as “Conquest of the American Spy Den” which is the literal translation from Persian to English (Lee). From November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days in various locations around Iran to make it hard for the United States government to know exactly where the hostages were located (Amies). After failed attempts to negotiate the release of the hostages, the United States attempted to rescue the hostages. In 1979, Iran revolutionists
When the hostages returned to the United States they received many gifts including life time passes to any Major League Baseball game (PBS, Unknown). The hostages attempted to sue Iran in 2000 for the hostage situation but it was unsuccessful due to the Antiterrorism Act and the United States didn’t want to make relations with Iran even worse and more complicated (PBS, Unknown). After President Carter’s four year term was up Ronald Reagan was elected president, many historians think Carter did not get reelected for another four years due to the failure to successfully recover the hostages in a short amount of time (History, Unknown). The Iran Hostage Crisis also led to many sanctions that the United States placed upon Iran. The United States prohibited all weapon sales, a ban on selling aircraft carriers and repair parts to Iran (Katzman). The United States also opposed all loans to Iran from international financial institution and cut all ties economically (Katzman). Also, the United States had placed an embargo on trading with the United States and Iran (Katzman). Overall it cut all the economic and political ties completely with Iran due to the Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis happened on November 4, 1979 when Iranian student revolutionaries took over the US Embassy in Tehran capturing 52 American hostages (Amies). The crisis demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the Carter administration in handling foreign affairs with Middle Eastern countries. Around 300 student revolutionaries gathered on the morning of November 4th to take over the US Embassy in order to protest against the Shah that went to the United States for medical treatment (CNN Library). The 52 hostages had to go through mental and physical abuse that included theft, beatings and the hostages were scared for their lives (Bowden). President Carter sent Operation Eagle Claw into action, it was a complete failure due to the technical difficulties with the helicopters, and the end the hostages were released due to the Iran Hostage Crisis Negotiations and were released after 444 days of captivity (PBS, Unknown). The results of Iran was a country that supported anti-Americanism and the United States placed many sanctions on Iran that cut off the overall ties between the two countries (Katzman). The Iran Hostage Crisis undermined Carter’s conduct of foreign policy; the crisis dominated headlines and news reports all over the world and showed Carter’s inability to resolve the issue quickly made his