The perpetrators of the Iranian hostage crisis were responding to the US government's role in which of the following?

A

leveling sanctions against Middle Eastern nations

B

providing both financial and military support to Israel

C

harboring the nation's deposed shah while he received medical treatment

D

entering into trade agreements with the nation's new leader, Ayatollah Khomeini

The correct answer is C: the perpetrators were responding to the U. S. harboring nation's deposed shah for medical treatment.

Explanation:

Iran had just gone through the Islamic Revolution (1978-1979) when they overthrew the Pahlav monarchy. This revolution was made by, among other groups, revolutionary students who opposed the U. S. presence and influence on Iran's political life.

When the U. S. allowed the overthrew monarch in its territory for medical treatment these students saw it as another American move on Iranian politics. The ex-monarch the U. S. was receiving in 1979 had been put in power on Iran through a coup in 1953 that had American support.