Ayatollah Khomeini’s radical followers invade the United
States Embassy and took the Americans to be their hostage in order to protest
the admission of Shah for medical treatment into the United States. It was also believed that the US was spying
on Iran through the embassy.
the many sanctions imposed on Bolivia
the disappearance of thousands of people in Chile
the short Falkland War with Great Britain
the harsh suppression of a revolution in Algeria