Iran - US Hostage Crisis

Abstract

This paper is regarding the Iran hostage crisis which was the boiling point of historical tensions between Iran and the U.S. and the backstory to understand this international crisis is that it came into light during the Iranian Revolution. This act wasn’t something that was planned overnight, the actions of the students and the protestors came from a deep resentment towards the U.S. who they believed were interfering in Iranian affairs for decades then, which eventually led to the Iranian revolution and then revoked the Iran hostage crisis. The hostage situation played as a major foreign policy change, negotiations were stalled and ties between the U.S. and Iran were being severed. Jimmy Carter, in all his power, imposed sanctions and attempted a rescue mission which had failed but that didn’t stop him from fighting for his citizens.