Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, a group of university students who were followers of the late Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Revolution, entered the US embassy in Tehran on November 4 of that year, capturing American diplomats and taking over the embassy. The students' actions aimed to ensure the US's noninterference in the Islamic Republic's affairs, the return of Iranian assets to the country, and the extradition of the dethroned Shah.
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