Essay On Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis puts U.S on edge.
“In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East. If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill were released after 2 years, 55 innocent people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time were there for a year more.. The Iran hostage crisis resulted from rising tensions between the two countries, Iran militants took matters in their own hands by capturing 66 U.S citizens, their …show more content…
This Islamic revolution started when Iranian citizens were dissatisfied with the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi. The annoyed people of Iran were irritated with the Shah due to the fact that he lead them with the use of fear, manipulation, and formed a secret police that would report anything and everything back to him. When riots broke out among the streets near the end of the 1970s, the Shah left for a “vacation” and didn’t come back. Before his extended vacation, he left Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar in charge of Iran. The rebellious association, Ayatollah Khomein was denied permission to form a new government by the Prime Minister. After the Islamic revolution, the Ayatollah Khomein gained control of Iran and renamed it the Islamic republic even though we refer to it as Iran.
After the Islamic revolution, 66 U.S citizens were held hostage at the U.S Embassy in Iran, also known as the Iran hostage crisis. Many of the hostages were held captive for 3 years, 14 of them for less than that. Jimmy Carter arranged many attempts to rescue the hostages but all of them failed. In hopes of releasing the taken sooner, Jimmy Carter managed to convince their allies to discontinue trade with Iran until the all of the hostages were released and froze many Iranian
“In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East. If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill were released after 2 years, 55 innocent people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time were there for a year more.. The Iran hostage crisis resulted from rising tensions between the two countries, Iran militants took matters in their own hands by capturing 66 U.S citizens, their …show more content…
This Islamic revolution started when Iranian citizens were dissatisfied with the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi. The annoyed people of Iran were irritated with the Shah due to the fact that he lead them with the use of fear, manipulation, and formed a secret police that would report anything and everything back to him. When riots broke out among the streets near the end of the 1970s, the Shah left for a “vacation” and didn’t come back. Before his extended vacation, he left Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar in charge of Iran. The rebellious association, Ayatollah Khomein was denied permission to form a new government by the Prime Minister. After the Islamic revolution, the Ayatollah Khomein gained control of Iran and renamed it the Islamic republic even though we refer to it as Iran.
After the Islamic revolution, 66 U.S citizens were held hostage at the U.S Embassy in Iran, also known as the Iran hostage crisis. Many of the hostages were held captive for 3 years, 14 of them for less than that. Jimmy Carter arranged many attempts to rescue the hostages but all of them failed. In hopes of releasing the taken sooner, Jimmy Carter managed to convince their allies to discontinue trade with Iran until the all of the hostages were released and froze many Iranian