USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries seized the American Embassy, and Carter imposed an embargo on Iranian oil.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), led by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations that had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oil crisis of the 1970s was brought about by two specific events occurring in the Middle-east, the Yom-Kippur War of 1973 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Both events resulted in disruptions of oil supplies from the region which created difficulties for the nations that relied on energy exports from the region.

Detailed explanation-4: -The crisis was the result of Arab oil-producing countries, known as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), refusing to sell crude to the U.S. Arab oil-producing countries launched the embargo in response to U.S. support of Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Detailed explanation-5: -On November 12, 1979, President Jimmy Carter responds to a potential threat to national security by stopping the importation of petroleum from Iran. Earlier that month, on November 4, 66 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran had been taken hostage by a radical Islamic group.