The document summarizes the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis between Iran and the United States. It describes how widespread opposition to the U.S.-backed Shaw led to riots and civil war, resulting in the Shaw's overthrow. Ayatollah Khomeini then established an Islamic republic in Iran. In 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 American hostages, who were held for over a year until their release in 1981 after Ronald Reagan became president.