What were the two goals of the group of Iranian students who took Americans hostage in 1979?

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Adelaide Schmitt

1 February, 15:35

What were the two goals of the group of Iranian students who took Americans hostage in 1979?

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On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U. S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. However, the hostage-taking was about more than the Shah's medical care; it was that many historians believe that hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter a second term as president.