How was the crowd that stormed the embassy described in this report?
O as security guards and officers
O as heavily armed members of an organized group
O as a large crowd of unarmed young people
O as a small group of demonstrators
Below is a portion of a "situation report" that details the
attack on the US embassy in Tehran.
At about 0345 EST (noon Tehran time) the American
Embassy compound in Tehran was overrun by about
3,000 demonstrators. The demonstrators inside the
compound are unarmed, in their early twenties. They
may be a mixture of students and members of the Islamic
guerrilla group Mujahedin Khalg. The demonstrators first
penetrated the Chancery building through a basement
window and then proceeded to occupy the ground floor of
the Chancery. The demonstrators in the early stages of
the incursion took hostage four Marine Security Guards
and the Embassy Security Officer.
-“Situation in Iran as of 0700 EST November 4, 1979,
Sitrep No. 1," Department of State Operation Center,
Iran Informal Working Group