When Where How and Why of the Iran Hostage Crisis

2. The hostage crisis largely
began under the rule
of Mohammad Reza
Shah Pahlavi. Under
his rule, unfair
socioeconomic
changes and the gap
between the upper
and lower class
widened, and with it
grew discontentment
among many Iraqis

3. The Shah soon fled Iraq and moved to the
United States, which is when enraged
students attacked the embassy, capturing
over 50 hostages.

4. HOSTAGES PARADED AROUND IN FRONT OF
THE CAMERAS BY THE IRAN STUDENTS

5. A FEW OF THE 14 HOSTAGES WHO WERE RELEASED JUST
TWO WEEKS INTO THE CRISIS. THE OTHERS WOULD HAVE
TO WAIT OVER 400 DAYS TO BE RELEASED.

6. PRESIDENT CARTER’S FAILED “RESCUE
MISSION”

7. BARRY ROSEN: A HOSTAGE ALLOWED TO READ
A MESSAGE TO HIS FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF
THE CRISIS.

8. JANUARY 20, 1981: THE REST OF THE
HOSTAGES RELEASED

9. TODAY THE EMBASSY STILL STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF
PROTEST WHERE EVERY YEAR STUDENTS GATHER AND
SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.