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On November 4, 1979 Iranian's went into the US Embassy in Tehran and took many Americans hostages. At that time Carter was president and right away he wanted to get the hostages back. But he did not want to start dropping bombs on Iran, which made Americans think that he was weak. Even though using military force would increase his polls in the election, he refused to do s. He wanted all the hostages back alive. He kept working to get them back before his term ended. But right when president Reagan took the oath a few hours later the hostages were released. And they were said to be waiting at an airport waiting for President Carter to not be president anymore. This is important because it made Americans perception of President Carter change which helped Reagan win the presidency. Fortunately it ended with every hostage going home alive and Carter was there very happy to see them all.

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in this picture is Carter and a few men sitting in the oval office during the Iran Hostage. They are trying to figure out a way to get the men home safely and all alive.

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This picture is when the hostages came home from Iran and were free. They were released a few hours after President Reagan took the oath.

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This political cartoon was published in the Washington Post on November 15, 1979. before Iran took Americans as hostages President Carter's administration stopped oil imports to Iran. The artist who drew this, Herblock says that, "the United States itself became hostage to the Iranian situation"

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This newspaper shows how the hostages were released right when Carter was not president any more. People said that Iran was waiting for Carter not to be president anymore to let the hostages to make sure he wouldn't be reelected.

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President Carter tried a diplomatic approach before signing off on the rescue mission that
would eventually fail in April 1980. This letter is what he sent to the Ayatollah to try to
end the hostage crisis but the Ayatollah did not give in and the hostages were not freed.
This document should show students that proper communication lines were open between
the countries during the crisis but even with this communication the hostages were not released.

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This was part of the survival kit given to Delta Force commandos during the failed rescue
mission in April 1980. The statements were to be used to try to bring compassion to the
commandos if they were captured or their helicopter was downed and they were trying to
get out of Iran safely. Students should realize the importance of such a document to
someone who would be lost in a foreign country and not know the common language.

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In November of 1979, Islams took 52 Americans as hostages. this shocked many Americans and seeing Americans blindfolded and paraded through the streets was also an embarrassment. Carter resisted military orders to get back the hostages because he wanted them to all be home alive and safe.