Iranian Hostage Crisis
Diego Venegas ,Raimone Kayode
SUMMARY.
The crisis was described by the western media as an entanglement of "vengeance and mutual incomprehension. In Iran, the hostage taking was widely seen as a blow against the United States and its influence in Iran, its perceived attempts to undermine the Iranian Revolution, and its longstanding support of the recently overthrown Shah of Iran, the Shah was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment. The Iranians wanted the United States to return the Shah to them for trial of the crimes committed by him during his reign on ordinary citizens with the help of his secret police, the SAVAK. In Iran the asylum granted by the U.S. to the Shah was seen as American complicity in the atrocities meted by the Shah on the Iranian people. In the United States, the hostage-taking was seen as an outrage violating the principle of international law granting diplomats immunity from arrest and diplomatic compounds'inviolability.
IMPORTANT TERMS/PEOPLE
Jimmy Carter would say later, "No matter who was with me, we watched the big grandfather clock by the door." Time was running out, for it was Tuesday, January 20, 1981. The scene was the Oval Office. In just hours this president would leave it for good, and a new leader Ronald Reagan , would move in. As the clock ticked the time away, Carter tried to resolve a crisis that had almost destroyed his presidency. He was close, very close, and as he said, "At stake were the lives of 52 precious human beings who had been imprisoned in Iran for 444 days–and almost 12 billion dollars of Iranian assets.
Interview with a survivor of the Crisis.
Discover what the Hostages had to go through.
Time Magazine
The Times magazine is letting Americans know about the hostages and what is happening. Americans started to hate Iranians more and more.
Protesters
People in America protesting about the Hostage Drama.
Back in USA
Hostages back in the USA after being rescued from Iranians.
Iranian Hostage Crisis.
Explaining how the crisis started.
Important facts and dates about the Crisis.
Times Magazines explaining what really happened in the Crisis.
In other words....
Summary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis.