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Why did radical followers of the ayatollah khomeini overrun the u.s. embassy and take americans hostage?

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To protest the admission of the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment

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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.

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