Question

Which of the following statements is true allowing a foreign leader medical treatment United States led to a hostage crisis in Iran denying a foreign leader medical treatment in the United States led to a hostage crisis in Iran ignoring the influence of the Soviet union in the middle east lead to an energy crisis in inflation preventing the influence of the Soviet union in the middle east lead to an energy crisis and inflation

Answer 1

In 1979 President Jimmy Carter allowed an exiled  Shah of Iran to come to the U.S. for cancer treatment. As there were already anti-American sentiments in Tehran, a group of students stormed the American embassy there and held 66 hostages.

Question: Which of the following statements is true

Answer: allowing a foreign leader medical treatment United States led to a hostage crisis in Iran

Answer 2

The first answer is correct. One of the direct actions that resulted in the Iran Hostage Situation was the treatment of the Shah of Iran, who was ousted following the Iranian revolution.