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Who is the Enemy? Revolutionary Iran

Americans were held hostage at the US Embassy in Iran after Carter welcomed the Shah into the United States for medical treatment in 1979. “It was a defining event,” says Pollster Pat Caddell. “This is the entire United States government captured, and held illegally under international law and being taunted everyday.”