Which of the following was NOT a reaction by President Jimmy Carter in response to the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

1. Forbade all Americans to travel anywhere in the Middle East

2. Expelled a number of Iranians from the U. S.

3. Cancelled oil imports from Iran

4. Froze about $8 billion of Iranian assets in the U. S.

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Rory Hall

13 August, 00:48

Which of the following was NOT a reaction by President Jimmy Carter in response to the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

1. Forbade all Americans to travel anywhere in the Middle East

2. Expelled a number of Iranians from the U. S.

3. Cancelled oil imports from Iran

4. Froze about $8 billion of Iranian assets in the U. S.

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Kiana Hayes · Answer 1

On November 4, 1979 a group of Iranian students took more than 60 American hostages in the US Embassy in Teheran.

President Carter applied economic and diplomatic pressure: oil imports from Iran were ended and around $8 billion of Iranian assets in the US were frozen. On April 7, 1980 President Carter ordered all Iranian diplomats to leave the United States. The Carter administration forbade Americans to travel to Iran, but didn't forbade all Americans to travel anywhere in the Middle East.

Answer: 1. Forbade all Americans to travel anywhere in the Middle East.