Great presentation of the chronological events from mid 70s. However to fully understand why the hostages were taken the series should have started in 1952. Shah's father Aka Reza Shah (same name as his son) was overthrown in a revolution in 1953 by Dr Mosaddegh. The CIA overthrew this democratically elected Mosaddegh and reinstalled the monarchy by bringing back Reza shah, ; this time Reza Shah the son. This was orchestrated through the US embassy. The coup was never forgotten by many Iranians who then came to know the shah a US poppet. When the second revolution took place in 1979 the students stormed the embassy in order to prevent a second coup and possible US meddling.
