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Epic card · History
Iran hostage crisis, an Epic card
The Iran hostage crisis began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 920,000
Ranked #582 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Iran hostage crisis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iran hostage crisis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Notable among the ______ were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri.
Answer
assailants. Notable among the assailants were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri. From the Iran hostage crisis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hideo Kojima. Hideo Kojima 92 · Iran hostage crisis 89 · Yuri Gagarin 86 · Battle of the Alamo 83 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The incident occurred after the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line stormed and occupied the building in the months following the Iranian Revolution.
- With support from Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led the Iranian Revolution and would eventually establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, the hostage-takers demanded that the United States extradite Iranian king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had been granted asylum by the Carter administration for cancer treatment.
- Notable among the assailants were Hossein Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Mohammad Bagheri.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iran hostage crisis article was read about 920,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Iran hostage crisis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Iran hostage crisis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
