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The Iran hostage crisis was when 66 American hostages were taken from the U.S. embassy in Iran because of the Iranian people being angry at the U.S. for their relationship between the leaders. In the 1950s, the U.S. made Shah the Iranians new leader and took out their old one. The people did not like him, and how the U.S. was using him, and how their relationships were too close with the U.S. president. After the shah moved out of Iran because he was scared for his life, since it was no longer safe for him to be in Iran, since he was threatened too many times by his own people. The shah then fled from place to place looking for somewhere to hide safely, and asked if he could stay in the U.S., and Jimmy carter said yes, which made the Iranians

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