In 1979,Iranians who took American hostages demanded,in return for their release,
A) the removal of all American troops from Saudi Arabia.
B) the removal of all westerners from Iran.
C) a large ransom payment.
D) the United States' return of the shah of Iran.
E) an end to the United States' support of Israel.

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The Iranian hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979, when Iranian militants, who were angered by the United States' decision to allow the country's former leader, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, into the United States for medical treatment, seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran. The hostage-takers demanded the return of the shah, who had fled Iran following the Iranian revolution, in exchange for the hostages. This demand was one of the key demands of the hostage-takers, and was eventually met when the United States agreed to release frozen Iranian assets and not interfere in Iran's internal affairs.

In 1979,Iranians Who Took American Hostages Demanded,in Return for Their