The Iranian Hostage Crisis | Taken Hostage

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President Carter shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Iran imam Ayatollah Khomeini Mohammad Mosaddegh Iranian hostage crisis Iranian students November 4 1979 US. embassy Tehran Gary Sick Barry Rosen anti-American sentiment Taken Hostage American Experience AMEX GBH WGBH hostage crisis US foreign policy foreign policy foreign relations Cold War conservative resurgence United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22
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History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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The Iranian Hostage Crisis | Taken Hostage

Learn what triggered the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, and why the world considered the taking of the U.S. embassy to be an act of war, in these clips adapted from Taken Hostage | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. President Carter and his national security team worked with limited U.S. intelligence and few options to release the hostages in this intense standoff lasting more than a year.
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