on 24 April 1980 Carter authorized a mission code-named eagle claw to rescue the hostages in united states embassy in Tehran, Iran. On 4 November 1979, fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were taken hostage in the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran and this event known as hostage crisis 1979.
The crisis had reached a climax after diplomatic negotiations failed to secure the release of the hostages. It was during the Security Council meeting of 11 April, that Carter confirmed that he had authorized the mission. The rescue mission was code named Operation Eagle Claw.
The operation, one of Delta Force’s first, encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently aborted. Eight helicopters were sent to the first staging area called Desert One, but only five arrived in operational condition.
In the context of the Iranian Revolution, Iran’s new leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, stated that the mission had been stopped by an act of God.
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