The Most Humiliating Failure During the Iran Hostage Crisis Came

question 144

Multiple Choice

The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when

• A) the militant Muslim Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran.
• B) America's allies refused to condemn the hostage takeover.
• 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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