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Witness History: The Shah in Exile

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14/11/2018

14/11/2018 GMT

The Shah in Exile

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Shah in Exile

Iranians stormed the US embassy in Iran in November 79 after America allowed in the Shah

Iranian students seized the US embassy in Iran in November 1979 after the deposed Shah was allowed into America

In November 1979, Iranian students seized the American embassy in Tehran after Washington agreed to allow the deposed Shah into the US for medical treatment. It would be more than a year before the US embassy hostages were released and the crisis irreparably damaged American-Iranian relations. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to diplomat Henry Precht, head of the Iran desk at the US state department during those tumultuous months who argued against letting the exiled Shah enter America.

Picture: protestors in New York demonstrate against the admission of the Shah of Iran into a New York hospital (Credit: Michael Norcia/Sygma/Getty Images)

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