Iran hostage crisis: Difference between revisions

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The Carter administration attempted to mitigate the damage by finding a new relationship with the [[de facto]] Iranian government. The American embassy in Tehran vigorously opposed the United States granting his request, as they were intent on stabilisingstabilizing relations between the new interim revolutionary government of Iran and the United States. However, after pressure from [[Henry Kissinger]], [[David Rockefeller]], and other political figures in the US, the Carter administration decided to grant the Shah's request.

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