Question

How did the Iranians seizing the US Embassy in Iran (Iranian Hostage Crisis) impact President Carter? Question 13 options: Carter’s failure to get the hostages back ruined his re-election chance in 1980 Carter declared war on Iran in 1979 which started the First Gulf War Carter approved a controversial takeover of the Iranian Embassy in the US and expelled all their diplomats Carter joined forces with the USSR to ensure the safe return of the hostages

Answer 1

Carter’s failure to get the hostages back ruined his re-election chance in 1980.

We might also want to note that the taking of the hostages was also something aimed at President Carter.  The Iranian Revolution had ousted the shah of Iran, a US-backed leader.  The former shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in Mexico, was found to have cancer, President Carter allowed him to come to the United States for treatment.  This enraged the Iranians, who thought that the US was perhaps trying to bring the shah back to power.  That's when the hostages were taken.