On November 4, 1979, Iranian student militants seized U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took the embassy personnel hostage for 444 days. They demanded that U.S. return deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who has been admitted to U.S. for medical treatment. Washington refused. This upheaval in Iran caused Iranian Premier Mendi Bazargan and his cabinet to resign. The U.N. Security Council called on the...
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian student militants seized U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took the embassy personnel hostage for 444 days. They demanded that U.S. return deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who has been admitted to U.S. for medical treatment. Washington refused. This upheaval in Iran caused Iranian Premier Mendi Bazargan and his cabinet to resign. The U.N. Security Council called on the Iranian militants to free all American hostages, While President Carter ordered all Iranians who do not comply with student visa requirements out of the country. .The embassy now houses an anti-American museum and a Revolutionary Guards unit
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