What Was the Iran Hostage Crisis?

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The Iran hostage crisis was definitely a setback for American morale and prestige in the world. On the flip side, the crisis kind of strengthened the prestige of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. That said, when Iraq invaded Iran the next year in what became known as the Iran-Iraq War, much of the world didn’t come to their rescue, and perhaps a big reason why was the hostage crisis. Even though Iran and the United States reached a deal, relations between the two countries have stayed sour long afterward. Even today, more than 40 years later, tensions are high. There is no United States embassy in Iran and no Iranian embassy in the United States. In fact, the two countries haven’t had any formal diplomatic relations since 1980.
Before we begin today’s story, let me tell you about these things called embassies.
Embassies are a permanent form of diplomatic missions. Basically, it’s where a group of people from one country represent that country within another country. They are there on behalf of their home country to carry out good relations with the government of the country they are in.

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[@joaquincervantes8396]

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[@lennoxt.anderson8966]

I miss the story time with Mr. Beat intro…

[@chocolizard678]

Glad you talked about the Algiers Accord. Whenever the hostage crisis comes up with my family it's spun as "Carter was such a wimp that the first day Reagan went into office they let the hostages go" like Reagan's sheer presence scared them into compliance. Sad to see Carter's diplomatic efforts erased.

[@MetalMilitia83]

He wasn’t a wimp? His “negations” failed over and over again. He refused to step up and over 60 Americans were illegally held hostage for over a year. That to me does not show the signs of a strong leader

[@AfricanLionBat]

@@MetalMilitia83 I can't imagine how you don't invade a country that's doing something like that. In my opinion that's an act of war.

[@robertlind186]

It's no coincidence it was Carter's last day. They knew who was coming into office. Reagan was liable to go scorched earth.

[@kwhyland]

@@AfricanLionBatGood way to get the hostages killed! What incentive would the Iranians have had to keep the hostages alive if Iranians were dying at the hands of the U.S. armed forces? There are several countries that have held Americans hostage, and the USA hasn’t invaded them. Invasion is a cost/benefit formula. Spend hundreds of millions to repossess a few dozen fresh corpses, with absolutely nothing else to show for it? Bad cost/benefit. It’s not like we could have reinstalled the shah-Iranians chose their own fate, as they always would have in the end. We’d already taken our loss. Now, spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to enrich war contractors-intercepting the Executive Branch’s intelligence briefings-by tens of billions? Taxed assets are Monopoly money, anyway. “Good” cost/benefit (for Dick Cheney)! Iraq had no WMDs in 2003, nor hostages, and they weren’t the base of Al Qaeda or the Taliban… but they had oil fields, and a dictator we’d fought before. VERY good benefit, easy to sell. Welcome to American foreign policy. It’s only about the dollar, advancing the interests of the private sector. We invade for nothing less.

[@Jackie_burnp]

Reagan is everything wrong with modern politics. No substance, only showmanship. The "presence" bullshit, people actually bought and elected him twice. It's unbelievable how much of a manipulative con Ronald Reagan is. He basically gaslit the whole country with the supposed "charm", while actively fucking the country up with Reaganomics and contiunation of the War on Drugs. When people praise Reagan it's all about his charisma or wit, and never about what he actually did in office. Cuz no one cares. If you appear as if you know what you're doing, people will believe you. Reagan is the main reason politics is too toxic and showman-like today. FUCK RONALD REAGAN.

[@doomermexican7155]

I saw a video about Carter being awake with no sleep for 3 days on January 20,1981. He was working to free the hostages. Poor guy doesn’t get enough credit

[@davidkast3587]

He’s the worst president ever and responsible for Iran walking all over him. He deserves no credit.

[@thepragmatistsenator]

@@davidkast3587 james buchanan

[@davidkast3587]

@Sidharth Rao so i guess it was just luck that the country magically got better after he left?

[@osurpless]

@@davidkast3587 Reaganomics says otherwise...

[@davidkast3587]

@@osurpless but... the economy got objectively better. 49 out of 50 states voted for Reagan in 1984. Enough said.

[@gocubs1815]

I read that when they got back, they played the hostages a clip tape of all the things they missed out on while away. The very last thing in the tape was the final moments of the 1980 US Hockey team beating the Soviets at the Olympics. The whole room started crying.

[@iammrbeat]

That's a cool story

[@ohyeah3365]

I remember that now. What a moment in history. If only nations could compete for glory with debate, and reason, and sports, what a wonderful world that would be.

[@thunderbird1921]

How fitting indeed. "DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?! YES!"

[@joshanderson9391]

But the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow

[@ohyeah3365]

@@joshanderson9391 No they beat the Soviet Union

[@willster8759]

My Dad's first year of college was when the Iran Hostage Crisis happened. He said there was a lot of Iranian students in college and he said after the Hostage Crisis started that they all disappeared. It was likely due to all the negative reaction to the event and perhaps harassment they faced for something they had no part in, pretty sad.

[@azul034]

@@simplesimon8255 but they didnt do anything

[@SissypheanCatboy]

@@simplesimon8255 you're a moron.

[@cephaleaorion4888]

@@simplesimon8255 damn bro, you kinda a lil bit very fucking racist

[@guhbruhmaste4557]

@@simplesimon8255 bruh

[@jimmywoo7875]

Spys

[@cometer5677]

Im actually glad Jimmy Carter was the president at this time because of his anti war principle, If it was any other us president Im doubting it would have been this peaceful.

[@iammrbeat]

Many Americans don't realize we are still at war under Biden.

[@nebula6362]

Yeah

[@anoon-]

If it were Bush he would have invaded it and massacred everyone. Hell, he even invaded Iraq despite it doing nothing to him.

[@jonahpeacock2561]

the said truth is that going to war would have been more popular than what carter did

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

Jimmy Carter is the reason it happened. Iran never would have dared if they knew they’d actually pay for it, but they knew Jimmy Carter wasn’t gonna do anything.

[@s0meguy0ny0utube2]

Iranian American here, just wanna let you know that majority of Iranians love America. Even in Iran nowadays, there are people walking around American flags on the floor instead of stepping on it. Majority of international college students in the 1970s were Iranian. kinda wish the media and others wouldn't know us as just the people that scream death to america and burning american flags :/. Enjoyed the video! I've been watching you since i was 13, im 21 now!

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for sharing, and REPRESENT

[@Dave-te5bs]

My fellow Muslim brother how are you?

[@wizardmix]

That's very nice to read because as a US citizen, I do not hate Iran. By all accounts I've heard from those who have traveled there, Iranians are kind, beautiful, welcoming people. I've only met and talked to a few Iranians in my own travels. I would like to understand your perspective more because if I were Iranian, I don't know that I'd like the US but maybe I would be able to separate the people from the government. PS I'm 42 and was born in 79, the year all of this (in the video) happened.

[@kln.b5631]

@@wizardmix Iranian citizen here. The amount of hate the current Iranian population has towards the regime is unfounded. Most people are tired of the killings and crackdowns of the regime. The Iranian theocratic dictatorship killed over 1500 people by firing live ammunition on the crowds in the 2018-2019 country wide protests and detained over 8000 people, which most probably were killed, tortured, or given false sentences to serve. agents would storm into the hospitals and abduct the injured protestors. Most people are secular (constitutional) monarchists who also aren’t that Islamic either. Some of the protestors chants: Na quran, na islam, janam fadaye iran “Not quran nor Islam, may my life be sacrificed for Iran.” Ta akhund kafan nashavad, in vatan vatan nashavad “Not until we bury all the mullahs will this homeland of ours become our homeland.” Irani mimirad, zellat nemipazirad. “The Iranian dies to not lose his dignity.” Reza shah, ruhat shad! “Reza shah, Rest In Peace!” A lot of the people you see who’re avid supporters of the government are usually rats, government agents, feet lickers of the ayatollah, soldiers(basijis) or “dedicated Muslims” I’d leave it at that.

[@wizardmix]

@@kln.b5631 Thank you for sharing this. There is an old saying that I happen to believe: "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- I think this can be true of any form of government that is left unchecked or given too much control. Sadly I think it is a combination of human nature and (probably even more so) the type of people who want/seek to be in positions of power/control often being narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths. These people will say/do anything to appeal to ignorance as long as it means they have control. These people often have an obsession with finding an unconditional love that can never be filled. So everyone eventually becomes the "enemy." I truly hope that Iran finds a balance. I often think that a government's or nation's behavior does not reflect the popular will of its people. This is even true in the US. So when I look at any nation, I try to separate the people from the government. Personally I am not religious and just as there are non-muslims in Iran who don't want a theocracy, there is a growing christian right movement in the US where a lot of people want their own form of a christian theocracy as a governing order. I am a moral person but I do not feel the need to devote myself to one religion. I believe there is beauty in all religions and there can be ugly in all religions so it troubles me to ever see one religion in power. Thank you again.

[@pigpentaboo]

That was a terrible event. It's sad that regular people - both the hostages and the many Iranian Americans who were taunted because of it - are caught up in these things.

[@eatingmayooutthejar9596]

My Dad did a lot of traveling when he was younger, and we joke that tragedy followed him in every country he went to. Biggest of them was he visited the embassy in Iran a day or two before it was taken over

[@jessicabalderas3538]

Omg that is crazy! Where else did he go?

[@Jeff_Biden]

@@jessicabalderas3538 to ya moms house

[@rare_red]

@@jessicabalderas3538 china

[@DA-br9xd]

So really all of this was just your dads fault. They should add this to the video.

[@needforfumo]

Honestly, Khomeini wasn't that popular. Most of the people who wanted the revolution were socialists and common people, basically anyone who didn't "like" the shah or had a thing against him went to the protests. Khomeini was at first sympathetic to leftists but after they showed that like USSR too much, he carried out a complete crackdown on them One other thing is that not all islamists liked Khomeini, he was actually hated by his mentor. They criticized him for weaponizing religion and said that his policies will make people hate religion. Well, we saw how that turned out Also, shah wasn't that much of a puppet. In the end years he started acting on his own and meddled with oil prices, hence why Carter didn't get too sad when he was overthrown Nice video overall, in Iran we don't get much education about this event.

[@stantorren4400]

I can say Iran certainly didn’t get into a good political position in the 20th century

[@needforfumo]

@@stantorren4400 Since the 16th it was all bad, constant Ottoman wars, loss of Chaldiran war, Russian invasions and territory loss to Russia and British colonies, Anglo-Russian invasion, Anglo-Soviet invasion

[@satyr1349]

Well written with important points. Also if anyone hasn't seen thd animated movie 'Persepolis' I highly recommend it, based her own life story it follows along a young girl (to adulthood) at the time of the revolution who's parents are democratic socialists.

[@needforfumo]

@@satyr1349 I watched the movie years ago. I'm not sure but I remember her parents were Tudeh party members, which was a Marxist-Leninist party(it was more of a general leftist hub, but their official proclamation was communism and marxist-leninism) not Democratic Socialism

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

And now after 40 years from the Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Shah is the most popular character and Khomeini and his regime the most hateful.

[@zerrickishadow7601]

My dad told me that the Iranian/Persian family in his hometown had their home set on fire, likely in reaction to this event. Great video as always, Mr. Beat

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

It's always the "little" people who pay the biggest price...

[@deteon1418]

That’s upsetting.

[@jarjarbinks6018]

It’s sad that there are hateful people who direct their anger in such ways. I hope we can prevent those types of things from happening again

[@iammrbeat]

Oh dear. That is horrifying.

[@anoushkf385]

Which hometown was set on fire? I dont get it was it your dad or the persians

[@matternst1442]

Should be called the “Shah-shank Revolution.” I’ll see myself out....

[@iammrbeat]

lol

[@cynthiasimpson931]

The day the crisis ended, my sister and I were driving up by Lake Berryessa in California. The weather was cloudy and rainy. When the radio program we had been listening to was interrupted with the news that the hostages were to be released, the sun broke through the clouds and caused a huge double rainbow to be visible in the sky and reflected in the lake. At that point the radio began playing "America the Beautiful" by the Charlie Daniels Band. It's a moment I will never forget.

[@shawnn6522]

And then everybody clapped and then a fairy came down, sprinkled magic over the earth and we all held hands and sang kumbaya.

[@woahdaddy.standbackman.902]

I am an Iranian boy, though I've grown up in Canada. My parents have prioritized teaching me about my culture, so I know how to speak Farsi, and I know quite a bit about Iran before the Islamic revolution occurred. I am not sure if it is due to them being disgruntled about the Iranian regime post-1979, or if they themselves are simply not interested in those matters, but I was never really taught about the history of Iran since then, even though I have gone to visit the country a couple of times to see family. Iran, at its core, had the potential to be a beautiful country, with an awe-inspiring diversity of landscapes and climates, and a rich, deep culture and history. It is a shame that its current disgusting political regimes have spoiled these wonderful aspects. I hope that the glorious history and roots of this nation are not forgotten, and somehow, however unlikely, I hope that they can prosper in a peaceful environment once again.

[@farbodjamei7308]

Hey, I’m Iranian and I noticed a couple major inaccuracies in your video. Firstly, Mosadegh was not replaced by the shah, Mosadegh was one of the prime ministers under the shah and rather as he held the title of “king” (the definition of the word Shah in Persian). Secondly, jimmy carter actually refused to provide refuge to the Shah in an attempt to harbour good relations with the Islamic regime. The Shah had to go to the Bahamas, Mexico, Panama and later Egypt where he was buried and still resides.

[@RationallySkeptical]

This is the first political event I can actually remember. I was born just weeks before Nixon resigned, and this was 5 years later. It's weird to think there are those who don't know what it was. Shouldn't kids be learning about this in history class?

[@moses4769]

Most history taught in class isn't even accurate

[@iammrbeat]

Unfortunately many teachers don't have enough time to teach them about it these days!

[@itsblitz4437]

@@iammrbeat our education system needs a update.

[@itsblitz4437]

Wow you lived a rather spectacular time.

[@LNERFlyingScotsman]

I feel like we need to separate US History into two years in the curriculum. There is simply so much history that gets overlooked or brushed over because of how much they try to cram into one school year. When I took US History in high school, the events after Vietnam were covered quickly and not to the detail that WW1, WW2 or the Civil War were. It could be that the 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's are to recent to have their material analyzed correctly without making the books outdated soon afterward, but we should definitely come to a detailed look of things before 9/11 by now.

[@agent_w.]

this is often considered to be the event that lost Jimmy Carter the Presidency

[@estrofago]

He would have lost either way, Reagan was too popular

[@andrewsutherland133]

I think more people just see it as his worse failure. It was a screw up, but what really killed his chance for a 2nd term was his ineffective action on improving the economy

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

It was the economy that lost it. The hostage crisis temporarily IMPROVED Carter's popularity, until it went on too long.

[@iammrbeat]

@@estrofago Well that and inflation being out of control.

[@iammrbeat]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq Good to bring that up!

[@TPChatter]

I feel like now that everybody knows that Jimmy Carter was underrated when it comes to helping to end the hostage crisis that now he's not even underrated. If only people realized this in 1980. If that made sense. Edit: wow thanks for a hundred liked I have never achieved this hefore

[@iammrbeat]

To be fair, he could have met their demands earlier and those rescue attempts were indeed embarrassing.

[@osberswgaming]

Tru

[@TPChatter]

@@iammrbeat yeah

[@leftyguitarist8989]

@@iammrbeat Jimmy Carter's a great guy but yeah, he definitely shot himself in the foot with this whole incident.

[@Compucles]

@@iammrbeat I feel like the return of the Shah was a sticking point on both sides. The crisis may have continued even longer had he not died of natural causes.

[@Interceptor810]

you cant really discuss what happened in Iran in 1979 without mentioning Operation Ajax in 1953. Im glad you brought it up. Also, hardly surprised at the actions of BP

[@curtisthomas2670]

Mr Beats left out two other aggravating factors that soured Iranians to the US and the West and to the Shah: 1. ln the 40's the Allies invaded neutral lran, devastated its military and bombed its cities 2. The Shah's 1971 Party In The Desert celebrating the 2,500 year anniversary of the Archemid dynasty, in which a massive tent city with a/c'd tents was built on 160 acres in the desert, 15,000 trees were imported and planted, 70,000 birds were imported and released, an airport and connecting highway and two 150 room hotels were built for the event, 10,000 designer plates embellished with gold and turquoise, 250 red Benz limos, 18 tons of food and 30 tons of kitchen equipment imported, 24/7 cooks servers and wait staff, catered by the top restaurant in the world Maxim's of Paris which closed for 2 weeks, for the main banquet 600 guests dined for 5 1/2 hours at the largest and most lavish official banquet ever. The Shah's wife had several designer dresses costing tens of thousands each made and a bunker was built in the tent city to hold her jewelry for the event. There were military parades in period wear from throughout the empire's history, 65,000 troops provided security, thousands of potential protesters were detained from months before the event, schools and universities were closed. The event was filmed, narrated by Orson Wells and copies sent to theaters around the world. The official cost was $17M, but outside estimates run as high as $100M to $500M.

[@ricky99la]

Great content Mr. Beat 👍🏼. I am currently getting my teaching credential for history and will show my students this video.

[@iammrbeat]

Oh wow! What an honor! Plus, you will be a GREAT teacher (this based on all these years of me reading your comments). Good luck starting a wonderful career.

[@ricky99la]

@@iammrbeat Thanks for the support and the phenomenal history content.

[@aloodena5196]

This video should probably be updated since it has been confirmed by those involved that the Reagan campaigned illegally negotiated with Iran to not release the hostages until after the election in exchange for Iran to get a "better deal".

[@rimfire8217]

Do you have a sources?

[@aloodena5196]

Start with this, google: "A SHORT HISTORY OF EVERYONE WHO CONFIRMED REAGAN’S OCTOBER SURPRISE BEFORE THE NEW YORK TIMES"

[@renealexander2703]

There is no proof of that.

[@aloodena5196]

@@renealexander2703 I gave you a source to look up. So...wrong.

[@MonkeyManJams165]

I appreciate that the ad roll was at the end and wasn't shoved into the informational part of the video. Able to learn about the topic of the video without any interruptions. I appreciate it, thanks. Good video.

[@curtpiazza1688]

Wow! Great stuff! I lived through this tense time period! Great explanation!

[@ChernobylPizza]

The Shah actually didn't come from nowhere, he had a father who was Shah before he was. His father was forced to abdicate in 1941 because of an illegal invasion and occupation of Iran by the UK and USSR.

[@TSERJI]

his father wasn't born into royalty though am I right? IIRC he used to be a military officer who worked for the then-Qajar government, and using his influence in the military he overthrew the government and declare himself the 'shah'

[@Mezdisna]

@@TSERJI yes. He was somehow like the Attaturk of Turkey and modernized the country and still remained as the Shah

[@TSERJI]

@@Mezdisna but Ataturk didn't declare a monarchy if I'm correct?

[@the.r32]

Greetings as Iranian. Hope the relations get better.

[@iammrbeat]

Me too!

[@surushs.447]

😂 Enjoy your new friends with what their "democracy" has taught them

[@seneca983]

@@surushs.447 Remember that most individual Americans can hardly be blamed for anything like that.

[@hz3068]

@@the.r32 nice

[@anoushkf385]

@@surushs.447 enjoy your "Islamic Republic" kid. It's not even islamic. It's not even a republic. it's a zionist theocratic dictatorship

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

Great video, brings memories, I was 13 yrs old in middle school when this happened and that’s when I became a news watcher and newspaper reader. Political tensions where high and lots of talk about war. I lived close to the airport and the air national guard jets would fly over almost everyday, but the country was united. We’ve become so divided that a crisis of this level would not bring us together but more apart, sad

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[@abrahamlincoln937]

Hello Mr. Beat! I enjoy your content! Keep up the great work!

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@@iammrbeat Thank you!

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[@user-xm5is4dz2z]

Love your channel. Khomeini was the result of the West interfering in the internal politics of Iran and overthrowing of Mosaddegh government. Mosaddegh was sentenced to 3 years of solitary confinement and afterwards, he spent the rest of his life in house arrest. He was buried in his living room so his supporters couldn't even attend his funeral, so for the Iranians, a trial of the Shah which would lead to the execution of him wouldn't sound that much of disproportionate punishment. Also, don't forget that Khomeini was in exile in Iraq under the government of Saddam and the Baath party and had spent the last year of his exile in France. He was known to the West and you can run numerous scenarios with the contacts he had made throughout his life in exile and how those contacts played any role to the Iranian situation. Anyway, great video but the Iranian history as its neighbouring country of Afghanistan is really complex and we are only scratching the surface of why the hostages were treated as chess pons in the Great Game.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

Afghanistan has been at war since 1978.

[@iammrbeat]

Definitely. Thanks for adding all that context!

[@coyotelong4349]

@@abrahamlincoln937 They don’t call Afghanistan the “Graveyard of Empires” for nothing… The world needs to learn its lesson and let Afghanistan be

[@abrahamlincoln937]

@@coyotelong4349 Agreed and both the Soviet Union and the United States failed in establishing a friendly and stable government inside Afghanistan. The Soviets tried to help the communist government in Afghanistan but the Mujahideen won the Soviet-Afghan War and the communist Afghan government was overthrown in 1992. The US tried to establish a liberal democracy in Afghanistan but failed given that the Afghan government was overthrown in August 2021 by the Taliban who retook control of Afghanistan back in August. The Soviet-Afghan War was a defeat for the USSR. The War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 was a defeat for the US. The US and the rest of the world needs to acknowledge that Afghanistan is a failed state.

[@xp8969]

@@abrahamlincoln937 close, the Taliban took over when Trump surrendered to them and released 5,000 of their leaders from our prisons in 2020, it took nearly a year for the transition to finish and a bunch of clueless sheep here in the US blame Biden for Trump Obama and Bush's failed foreign policy

[@smokyondagrass2353]

there's a funny joke about U.S. embassies I heard from Vijay Prashad why aren't there Coups in the United States It's because there's no U.S. embassy there

[@iammrbeat]

Oh snap. I'll have to check this Vijay dude out.

[@smokyondagrass2353]

@MX 3 I heard, about the coup d'etat

[@nanomachin8912]

There's no more coups in Iran after it's us embassy got destroyed so that's proves it lol.

[@someonerandom704]

@M3X Morales has had a crazy career. He actively worked for human rights while at the same time siding with Putin. He took on major corporations while also giving himself more time by changing the constitution. He grew coca (cocaine not chocolate) growing up and held support for that to support rural workers, even if it did contribute to illegal drug production. If more Americans knew about him he'd really challenge what we hold as "democratic" values.

[@catatonicchutoy4970]

Dude your videos are amazing to watch while high, but i retain all the knowledge you say so its a win win!!!!!

[@iammrbeat]

Well that's good to know. lol Stay safe friend!

[@catatonicchutoy4970]

@@iammrbeat THANK YOU KEEP THE QUALITY VIDEOS COMING!!!!

[@leftyguitarist8989]

You watch history videos while high?

[@catatonicchutoy4970]

@@leftyguitarist8989 judgement is not needed thank you very much

[@leftyguitarist8989]

​@@catatonicchutoy4970 Wasn't judging, just curious.

[@jeanne-marie8196]

Nice and concise! I remember how emotional the return was; just like Vietnam prisoners of war release. I believe Ted Kopel with Nightline started as a “temporary” show to report each weeknight on the developments, or lack of, in the crisis

[@SaintSteven67]

I was in Jr. High in the 8th grade. Our principal announced the hostages were on the way home over the intercom and we all cheered

[@TSERJI]

grade school students were that politically-adept & knowledgeable back then? Wow

[@mynamejeff2006]

Very good choice, Mr. Beat!

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you, Jeff.

[@jayguero2123]

Wonder what you make of the newest allegations about the Reagan campaign during this time. If true, definitely changes everything to know about this chapter in history.

[@arshiahomayoonmehr2420]

Well Im from iran and that was interesting i really feel bad for carter he tried but it ended up hurting his re-election but anyway awesome video Mr Beat keep it going i love all of the videos

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you, and I hope to visit Iran one day!

[@Theobserver6897]

He chose his path he was too anti war and let Americans suffer

[@ali-vi6xv]

Hi mr beat. I'm an iranian. I am too young to remember anything about this crisis or even Iran and iraq war. All I know, is from books and videos like this one. I don't want to say iranian were not guilty or they did not abuse the hostages. But all I can say for sure is that Iran current regime is a result of at least a century of colonization (sort of). iran never got occupied for long periods of time by foreign powers or weren't under their governance. But countries such as great Britain took advantage of Iran's natural resources, and made some ridiculous contracts with iran monarchies which basically didn't even gave them one tenth of the profit and even that was for the monarch and not the people. But soon enough UK wasn't consent to that either and decided to have a popet government. So they over throw qajar Dynasty and replaced with pahlavi's which had no background whatsoever....anyway, you probably know the rest of it. My point is iranian had chance for true democracy with mossadegh but USA and UK took it from them. And other groups such as Islamists, nationalists and communists took advantage of this resentment. Khomeini managed to bring all this groups together and overthrow the Shah with promise of sharing the power with all of them afterwards, which did not occur.

[@iammrbeat]

Well put!

[@kobban63]

The willingnes to over throw leaders for not bowing to capatalisim was dumb cuba was more resonoble but socialist ≠communist and well what did the bolsheviks to to all the socialists. They killed em all

[@Nurichiri]

I was born in 1977 and I have vague memories of watching the days count near the end and the hostages return. My parents watched the news a lot.

[@Alisonn2]

This is so interesting as an Iranian! Thanks for the video

[@iammrbeat]

REPRESENT

[@matthewdixon3694]

My guys videos needs to be in every classroom nationwide.

[@iammrbeat]

Aw thanks Matthew

[@dotmasterflex3989]

Hi Mr. Beat I’m actually an Iranian American andI just wanted to let you know that Iranians are not all like that and they love the us. Great content btw Your one of my favorite KZbinrs because your videos are educational,interesting and fun at the same time

[@tsrp3074]

I was suppose to type Mr beast but I accidently typed Mr beat and I saw one of your vids and after that I can't stop watchin

[@rosswebster7877]

Great video as always Mr Beat! Great to see you collaborate with Tariq too!

[@iammrbeat]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ross!

[@wizardmix]

Thank you for explaining Ajax. So many people in the US have no idea what or why. I'm not saying it justifies violence but it at least explains it. If we put ourselves in that same situation where another powerful country was messing with us (in some ways they now are but we're less aware of it) we'd be flipping shit.

[@iammrbeat]

Exactly. Imagine if China just decided to take out our President and replace them with a king

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@iammrbeat Are you saying that would justify kidnapping Chinese nationals for the crime of being Chinese? Wtf??? Literally almost nobody acts this way internationally for a reason; it makes the government behind it look like barbarians. This is especially gross a comparison since this was far more motivated by religious extremism than any directed anger of past US crimes. May as well take Osama Bin Laden's arguments into account at this rate, dude.

[@boygenius538_8]

@@stephenjenkins7971 no it wouldn’t but it would explain it. There’s a difference between hating America for no reason and hating it for what it actually did to your country.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@boygenius538_8 There is a difference between hating a country, and then attacking citizens of that country. One is understandable, the other is deplorable behavior. Just because Japan or Germany attacked the US, that doesn't make it "understandable" that Japanese and Germans in the US get mistreated. These are also disgusting behaviors; and are rightfully reviled. And here you are, not giving it the same revulsion as long as it's not from Americans. That usual American penchant for dismissing the humanity and actions of everyone else to focus on the US, as if you're a god while everyone else are poor peons.

[@randomnerd3402]

I never looked into the crisis so this video was very informational. It didn't surprise me though because the USA pulled off very similar tactics with Cuba around 40 years before the Iran Hostage Crisis.

[@Taco1011]

The Canadians played a major role in getting some of those hostages out. And the Americans simply breezed over/downplayed it in the movie about the actual events.

[@wcvenus]

Would you ever consider making a video on like Speaker Elections or Mid-term elections? Kinda like Presidental Elections series

[@abrahamlincoln937]

That’s a great idea. There have been 127 Speaker of the House elections.

[@wcvenus]

@@abrahamlincoln937 yea it would be better put them both together because the speaker election winner is usally the house candidate who led the winning party's house campaign

[@abrahamlincoln937]

@@wcvenus Yes so for example combine the 1970 midterm elections with the 1971 House Speaker election.

[@iammrbeat]

Oh sure! I've been planning it for awhile. Just not sure when yet

[@hudsonmarkel6108]

I find it hilarious that this video was released today because I just turned in a research paper about why President Carter lost re-election and the Iran hostage crisis was an important point in that paper.

[@iammrbeat]

Dang, I wish I released this earlier for you 😏

[@revolutionaryape7568]

Great Video as usual! Can you make a video on Suez Crisis?

[@iammrbeat]

I already did! And thank you :D

[@revolutionaryape7568]

@@iammrbeat Well, I'll see that video today only!

[@revolutionaryape7568]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXXJlqpng7J9ma8 I got the link😇

[@hallamhal]

YOU MUST HAVE THE HOSTAGE SPECIAL! - Khomeini, Back to the Future 2

[@iammrbeat]

I should have incorporated that into this video!

[@spookysomeone]

this reads like a presentation written the night before and i am so here for it

[@mossydog2385]

You need to do an update to this video, now that we know of Reagan's....my least favorite Prez (and I was involved in anti Vietnam war protests).....treachery during the crisis. I don't know how old you were back then, but Reagan got the credit for the hostage release...at least in the mind of much of the public. Great video, as always. Thanks!

[@bdeezy1794]

Least favorite lol. How you come to that as your choice is completely nutty. Of all the commander in chiefs.... Reagan.

[@AlekWheeler]

8:40 not sure what info you got regarding Canada’s Amabassador to Iran. In 1979, Kenneth Taylor was our Ambassador from 1977-1980. John Sheardown was a diplomat and Taylor’s deputy, but not the official ambassador to Iran.

[@nicodasexyboy]

Hey Mr Beat. Thanks for the video with the information! Im in my 20s and a lot of us do not know about the events and the background behind the politics within the Middle East especially during that time and prior. So, i’m glad you brought on Tariq to speak on the matters. Though, as a Muslim I wanted to comment on Tariq’s mentioning of jihad and its meaning. The concept of it being a “holy war” is not the main emphasis of jihad. Jihad is an islamic term truly meaning struggle and it’s a struggle that many face day to day that are typical among a lot of people. This can take into different forms and has been abused by many in a political way to then wage wars that at times can be unjust like with ISIS and Al Qaeda. The “greater jihad” that is mentioned in a quote by our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the jihad that is “the struggle against one’s passions.” Just wanted to provide some clarity on how the definition is broad. “Holy war” is typically a controversial term.

[@iammrbeat]

Definitely agree with you. I learned this many years ago and should have told him to not oversimplify it like that.

[@lauramason5667]

This was a great video. I want to thank you for spelling it out, so clearly but not being mean to anybody. Mr. Bea is the best.

[@lol4907]

I love these iran and middle east videos do more :D

[@iammrbeat]

Right on :D

[@Wod193]

can you do a video on Hurricane Katrina and its effects on the country and the world, and how the effects are still being felt today? Also loved the video, I wish this event would be taught in school as this is my first time learning in depth about it.

[@bastiaan4129]

How did hurricane Katrina affect the world?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

@@bastiaan4129 perhaps not a lot on the world as a whole but a lot of foreign countries including Cuba offered some sort of assistance in the aftermath.

[@bastiaan4129]

@@ShadowBlazer3000 shure, but that still doesn't affect the world. I doubt many people around the world even know when hurricane Katrina happened.

[@ENNEN420]

My dad in the late 70’s enlisted in the Army to get away from his terrible wife at the time. When he was sent to the airport to go to Germany to be the first lime of defense on the Berlin wall. Right before he was supposed to get on his plane, they kept him and a few people from his unit on the tarmac on a tarp for 3 dsys because they were figuring out who to randomly send to Iran to fight there. Seeing how I was born, he did not get selected out of that tiny group.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

As a veteran, enlisted I see many issues-points with this account. A "tiny group" is not going to invade a foreign nation. 🌏 Unless your dad was in special forces he would not be deployed in Iran.

[@jpheitman1]

Slight correction: Mohammed Reza Shah was the Shah since 1941. Mossadegh was the prime minister under him. The system was basically a constitutional monarchy, albeit with lots of power concentrated in the hands of the Shah.

[@casualbanter6939]

Great topic! You should make a video about the Soviet Afgan War and the US involvement in it.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

The Soviet-Afghan War lasted from 1979-1989. Also he should do a video on the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988.

[@iammrbeat]

Wonderful suggestion!

[@Compucles]

Never get involved in a land war in Asia, the sole exception to this day being the Persian Gulf "War."

[@abrahamlincoln937]

@@Compucles The Gulf War was a victory for the US and that was the only war fought post-WWII that the US won. The Korean War and Iraq War ended inconclusively and the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan ended in defeat.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@abrahamlincoln937 Korean and Iraq Wars were victories due to their objectives of protecting South Korea and deposing the Saddam regime and replacing it with a more democratic government being completed. So it's actually 3 successful wars. 4 if you count Yugoslavia.

[@SlimeytubeDude]

17:56 the band plays "tie a yellow ribbon" by Dawn and tony orlando. Love that song!

[@iammrbeat]

Me too

[@manchestermania9873]

Loved it please do a Supreme Court briefs next

[@iammrbeat]

Which case should I cover next though? I am conflicted.

[@vigneshb2052]

@@iammrbeat could you do US v Nixon? I’d love to hear the constitutional analysis and debate on whether the president was above the law. Love your vids Btw

[@iammrbeat]

@@vigneshb2052 Great suggestion! And thanks for the kind words, Vignesh!

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

@@iammrbeat Clinton v. Jones I think would be very interesting to talk about.

[@jefferyduplessis1577]

Nightline with Ted Koppel was born of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. I started as a nightly update and became a news mainstay for decades.

[@iammrbeat]

I had no idea about that!

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Nightline ran for years. ABC news was smart to run the program in a time when 24hr cable news & real media content was not a huge business. Ted Koppel was on the show for years. 📰📹📺

[@Eos_Galvus]

When I was growing up in Tucson AZ you could go to the Pima Aiur and Space Museum and see the plane that brought the hostages home!

[@Googledeservestodie]

Hi Mr beat. Video suggestion, can you as a teacher explain the No Child Left Behind Act better? I'm part of the generation of public school students who had to go through all the standardized testing and the budget cuts (class of '15 baby) and I've done my best to get my own research both in college and well because I can, but what strikes me hardest about it is how little my generation knew how much their schooling was affected by it. Knowing Better made a video that briefly went over NCLB and it's consequences, but honestly it's a topic that deserves its own deep dive.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

Mr. Beat, can you do a video about the Afghanistan conflict since 1978, which includes the Soviet-Afghan War from 1979 to 1989 and the War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. Can you also do a video about the Iran-Iraq War.

[@coyotelong4349]

Honestly more Americans should know about the Iran-Iraq War considering it was a prelude to the Gulf War (which involved the US of course), and then likely played a big part in the US’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 as part of the “War on Terror” (likely as retribution for the Gulf War in actuality)

[@abrahamlincoln937]

@@coyotelong4349 Agreed

[@Incredible520]

mr beat - live ur videos!

[@Incredible520]

i meant love ur videos😮

[@TheNextFiles288]

Wow, just about every video I watch with Mr beat discussing history I read comments about how he gets so much information wrong. I read through the comments and get my information from my fellow you tube community. Thanks for that everyone. But, it's frustrating how hard it can sometimes be to get 100% facts.

[@gallantcavalier3306]

You probably have read this book, but I would recommend the Book On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett which talks an pretty untold story about the Iranian revolution and a smaller Hostage Crisis in Tehran

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for sharing

[@moses4769]

I could've sworn you already had a video about this

[@iammrbeat]

You're probably confusing it with the Iran Contra Affair video

[@VanOutloud]

TY Mr.Beat for your recount of the Iranian Crisis. At the beginning of the crisis I had a Iranian roommate at collage. They explained the situation from their eyes, which for the most part concurs with your account. My roommate and his three friends had a hard time on campus. They hid out in our room much of the time. According to them the "Students" that stormed the embassy in Terran weren't students of anything accept radical Muslim teachings. Then went on to say that their country was a land of extremists with far left religious zealots on one side and Shah supporters on the other. The only way the Shah could handle the country was with a brutal hand. They were glad to be in America. They didn't want to go back. Their Quote: It's better here in America.

[@tailsknuxfan101]

I remember reading that Jimmy Carter was there when the hostages arrived back at the US to greet them.

[@mrmr446]

Also in the region in the same year the Grand Mosque in Mecca was temporarily seized by fundamentalists seeking to overthrow the House of Saud and Zbigniew Brzezinski began supporting insurgents in Afghanistan six months before the Soviet invasion. Asked if he regretted this years later he replied 'Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it?' That actually began in July 1978 but is often left out of histories of Afghanistan.

[@AlekWheeler]

Ironically, Joe Clark (Canada’s youngest ever PM) would be PM of Canada for less time than the hostages were held. To date, his government is the shortest elected mandate of any Canadian government, nine months less a day. Still, shout-out to Clark, whose still alive and was crusading for progressive conservatism in Canada long after it went out of style.

[@derpydogz0259]

were they playing “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” by Tony Orland and Dawn in the background?!

[@maysonjulesarcenasison6199]

thank you mr beat for the image showing embassy of the phillipines

[@JagerLange]

Given that it sometimes feels like you're going for the ransom-video vibe with the intros/outros, doing a video on a hostage crisis is pretty "meta" (as I believe the Youth are saying).

[@iammrbeat]

Mrs. Beat is holding me hostage. Please help.

[@RiggsBF]

I heard that there was a vote at the Tehran University by 5 people even though 3 of them voted to raid the American embassy 2 of them voted to raid the Soviet embassy. Just imagine what would've happened if they raid the Soviet embassy instead.

[@bobafett_8922]

At least they will handle the situation much better

[@adrianatgaming8640]

@@bobafett_8922 they'd probably either invade iran or overthrow iran's government to install a communist dictatorship

[@lewdcreeper3134]

An invasion. Brezhnev invaded Czechoslovakia just because he disagreed with Dubcek's brand of socialism, no way he would let something like this slide

[@intern234]

COVID happened right before we got into this in apush 2 and I never got around to really learning about it. Such an interesting time

[@Cowloverdude]

Smashing Pumpkins reference, nice!

[@lukedetering4490]

14:04 This map of the 1980 election just shows how new the red vs blue state thing is

[@iammrbeat]

Yep!

[@bm830810]

Your video is surprisingly precise! As an Iranian, I hate what they did to your diplomats and also hate what US did to my country. Also acknowledge that the atrocities US do, does not represent Americans. why should our governments be so toxic while there are so many great people around :( DFTBA

[@bullymaguire8380]

Didn't I heard American elect there president 🤔? I guess they should get credit only when they do good things.

[@alittlepuertoricanboy1993]

American citizen here. A lot of Americans, including those that are extremely conservative and nationalistic, despise and/or distrust our own government.

[@TrollFace93]

@@alittlepuertoricanboy1993 The americans who swear alligence to our country, are real patriots. Real patriots also wish death upon liberals and democrats.

[@anoushkf385]

@@TrollFace93 patriotism is not racism.

[@TrollFace93]

@@anoushkf385 Real Americans want The immigrants out of here and Sleeping Joe out

[@jarekjellison817]

Mr Beat, when is the video explaining No Child Left Behind coming? Or is a video like that in the works?

[@iammrbeat]

I had other stuff become more important to make, but hopefully some time in 2022

[@vanancio]

I've read a book about the crisis once (It ain't so Awful falafel). Since then, I was always curious to learn more, thank you.

[@assafbaryaakov6769]

Here in Israel we are told that the hostages rescue operation was inspired by the Israeli Entebbe operation, wondered if you heard something about that?

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Carter was and is a big Anti semitic nudnik. שלום

[@iammrbeat]

No, I will have to do more research into this

[@bobbyferg9173]

@@MitzvosGolem1 I think you will have to explain this a little more because as far as I can tell, Carter isn't known to be an anti-semite

[@MitzvosGolem1]

@@bobbyferg9173 Big time anti semitic anti Israel wrote books on Israel being " Apartheid" total lie I lived there all Religions all races all people live together in Israel. Carter has his chemo treatment in Israel who he cursed . A putz

[@sjp2649]

@@MitzvosGolem1 Israel is a racist apartheid state committing genocide against Palestinians. Facts don’t care about your feeling dipshit

[@herschelwright4663]

You should cover the 1970s energy crisis or the 1980s AIDS crisis.

[@samgiangrande8354]

Fun fact @Mr. Beat when the Shah fled Iran and went to the United States, he fled to my home town and still living in, Manhasset, and his kids went to the school I go to of Manhasset Secondary School

[@sillygoof16]

Love your videos! I was wondering if you could do a video on Asymmetrical Polarization (basically the increase in radical democrats and republicans over the past 40 or so years). It's a super interesting topic!

[@royally-legal]

Mr. Beat, I'd politely like to inform you that the last name of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was pronounced wrong - *Pahlavi is phonetically "Pah-lah-vee", with a slight warble on the "Pahgggh"* 😜 I wrote a 30-page paper on the Iranian Rev/JCPOA last term😇

[@EdgarAlexai]

I could honestly watch your channel all day, you’re so engaging and I absolutely wish you’d been my history teacher in school! Well, maybe not because 15 year old me would have probably had a crush on you and it would have been really hard to focus on what you were actually teaching. 😂

[@someonerandom704]

I really don't wanna be mean but you should try to avoid crushing on people significantly older than you

[@ardenalexa94]

He is pretty funny. He could be a comedian.

[@miketufaro5915]

I saw the movie and read the book Argo last year. The wife of the author of Argo has done Ted Talks on Espionage. Really interesting stuff.

[@emmanuellawyer8562]

That's a terrifying situation to be in

[@chonkomatic]

Please do an update on this with Ronnie's treason.

[@legoboy468]

I don’t understand why carter didn’t just give in to the hostage’s demands, they seem fairly reasonable and he would’ve gotten the hostages back immediately.

[@bobafett_8922]

Think of the propaganda opportunities as well as backlash for Carter

[@josemax2495]

Because, "The United States goverment does not negotiate with terrorist" that was the position taken by the administration

[@shukeelc5177]

@@josemax2495 LOL, the USA funds, trains, and arms terrorists all over the world

[@halinaqi2194]

Exactly what I was thinking, they basically told them to stop interfering with their internal affairs. I don't agree with the hostage taking but, they could've avoided 400+ days of suffering those Americans experienced. In the end, they showed to Iranians that violence was the way to go, after all, the US didn't stop interfering until Iran threatened them with violence by taking hostages.

[@tellthemborissentyou]

I saw Mr Beat's brother at 2:00 and automatically said out loud "GEORGE SOROS".

[@iammrbeat]

LOL

[@MomentsInTrading]

I was in JR High when this happened. I remember it well!

[@rrflood]

I was a 20 year old US Navy Sailor stationed on Diego Garcia. It's located in the center of the Indian Ocean. Our Island went from 1200 US and British Navy Sailors to adding 5,000 US Marines by th end of December 1979. We use to only get two C-141 planes in a week. They were coming in around the clock along with C-5 transport planes. The harbor went from having an occassional ship anchored in to now hosting several. They were dropping more supplies plus Tanks, Trucks and weapons. Has Iran killed the hostages, the US would have launched the Marines and their equiptment from Diego Garcia and invaded Iran from the south in the Persion Gulf.

[@comradepetri5085]

America 1776: Overthrowing a king to create a democracy America 1953: Overthrowing a democracy to create a kingdom

[@bobafett_8922]

No the kingdom was always there

[@russbear31]

And we do this crap today. You think Saudi Arabia's rulers are benevolent? No. We support brutal despots and prop them up if it's in our national interest--especially if they have cheap oil. Same crap/different country.

[@bobafett_8922]

@@russbear31 the saudi monarchy was still there and clearly you don't understand realpolitik

[@russbear31]

@@bobafett_8922 The Saudi monarchy exists only because the US and the CIA props it up. Without American intervention, the people of Saudi Arabia would have killed the Saudi royals and driven them out decades ago. They are pure evil.

[@bobafett_8922]

@@russbear31 well that's bs. The monarchy was created in 1932 well before the CIA or any U.S intelligence organizations was created and during the 30s the U.S had a natural foreign policy. Also the saudi monarchy is still viewed favorable by the Saudis themselves. Clearly you have your head in your ass

[@annmarieyorke1517]

Given the recent admissions about Reagan's "October Surprise", I think it is time for an update!

[@hanschristianben505]

if I’m not mistaken, the failures and casualties of Operation Eagle Claw was one of the main reasons for the development of a brand new air mobility system that would eventually became the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft…