The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when
A) the militant Muslim Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran.
B) the United States was exposed as trading arms to Iran for the freedom of hostages.
C) President Carter's attempted mission to rescue the hostages ended in disaster.
D) some of the U.S. hostages took the side of their Iranian captors.
E) the Iranians demonstrated their ability to drive up American oil prices.

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President Carter's attempted mission to rescue the hostages, known as Operation Eagle Claw, ended in disaster when equipment failures and a helicopter crash resulted in the deaths of eight American servicemen and the mission's failure.

The Most Humiliating Failure During the Iran Hostage Crisis Came