The Iran Hostage Crisis

On November 4, 1979, a group of _______________ stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 ___________ hostages.

• Iranian students, American

• Angry students, Iranian

• rebels, American

The hostage-taking was a dramatic way for the student _____________ to declare a break with Iran’s past and _________to American interference in its affairs.

• revolutionaries, a new beginning

• students, stop

• revolutionaries, put an end

In April 1980, President __________ decided to launch a risky military rescue mission known as Operation Eagle Claw. However, a severe desert sandstorm caused caused problems and _________________ servicemen were killed in an accident.

• Kennedy, 10 Iranian

• Carter, 8 American

• Nixon, 10 Iranian

The students set their ___________ free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President _______________ delivered his inaugural address.

• hostages, Ronald Reagan

• friends, Gerald Ford

• friends, Jimmy Carter

The reason Iranian __________ stormed the US Embassy was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, to come to the __________ for cancer treatment.

• military, US

• students, hospital

• students, US