Iran Hostage Crisis

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Across
  1. 3. / a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or nature
  2. 6. / a form of government with a monarch at the head
  3. 8. / a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition
  4. 10. / U.S. President who was in office during the event
  5. 12. / former Iranian monarch
  6. 13. / This country went into war with Iran which began a year before the Iran Hostage Crisis ended
  7. 15. / the act of showing something to be right or reasonable
  8. 16. / where the event took place
Down
  1. 1. / the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons
  2. 2. / an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving travel
  3. 4. / Former Shah of Iran, fled Iran to the U.S. for protection and medical care, and was exiled from Iran
  4. 5. / Capital of Iran
  5. 7. / a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system
  6. 9. / relating to or denoting a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
  7. 11. / His students took hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran while he was in power, first name Ayatollah
  8. 14. / This man came into office at the end of the crisis