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===Iranian Revolution===
===Iranian Revolution===
The hatred of American support finally came to a boiling point in 1979. The [[Iranian Revolution]] transformed Iran from the [[monarchy]] under the pro-American [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], to an [[theocracy|Islamic republic]] under the [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] that allied with the [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[Tudeh Party]]. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had gained power after the US-led invasion during World War II, was forced to flee to the United States to seek surgery for [[cancer]] in October. The Ayatollah referred to the U.S. as "the Great Satan" and maintained that the American government was protecting Pahlavi and supporting the royalist troops who were continuing to engage the rebels in [[guerilla warfare]]. The Iranian public believed the Ayatollah's propaganda, and assumed that the U.S. would soon invade to depose Khomeini and re-instal Pahlavi. The Ayatollah called for his student followers to storm the U.S. embassay and take all Americans captive.
The hatred of American support finally came to a boiling point in 1979. The [[Iranian Revolution]] transformed Iran from the [[monarchy]] under the pro-American [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], to an [[theocracy|Islamic republic]] under the [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] that allied with the [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[Tudeh Party]]. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had gained power after the British and Soviet-led invasion during World War II, was forced to flee to the United States to seek surgery for [[cancer]] in October. The Ayatollah referred to the U.S. as "the Great Satan" and maintained that the American government was protecting Pahlavi and supporting the royalist troops who were continuing to engage the rebels in [[guerilla warfare]]. The Iranian public believed the Ayatollah's propaganda, and assumed that the U.S. would soon invade to depose Khomeini and re-instal Pahlavi. The Ayatollah called for his student followers to storm the U.S. embassay and take all Americans captive.
==The Attack==
==The Attack==