Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line

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The Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line was a radical Iranian student group aligned with Ayatollah Khomeini that became notorious for orchestrating the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist organization ⓘ
student political organization ⓘ
activePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
alignedWith Islamic Revolution in Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iranian Revolution

Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line of the Imam ⓘ
Students Following the Line of the Imam ⓘ
basedIn Iranian universities ⓘ
University of Tehran ⓘ
claimedJustification fear of a U.S.-backed coup in Iran ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
dateOfNotableAction 4 November 1979 ⓘ
dissolutionReason integration of members into post-revolutionary institutions ⓘ
formedBy radical Iranian university students ⓘ
goal expulsion of American influence from Iran ⓘ
support for Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary line ⓘ
heldHostagesFor 444 days ⓘ
historicalContext Iranian Revolution ⓘ
transition from Pahlavi monarchy to Islamic Republic ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
Khomeinism ⓘ
influencedBy Ruhollah Khomeini’s speeches ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
locationOfOperation Tehran ⓘ
mediaCoverage international ⓘ
motive defense of the Iranian Revolution ⓘ
opposition to perceived U.S. interference in Iran ⓘ
notableEvent Iran hostage crisis ⓘ
notableFor seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran ⓘ
taking American diplomats hostage in 1979 ⓘ
opposedTo Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
United States foreign policy in Iran ⓘ
liberal and secular political forces in Iran ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-American ⓘ
radical ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
resultOfActions prolonged Iran hostage crisis ⓘ
linked to: Iran hostage crisis

severing of U.S.–Iran diplomatic relations ⓘ
supported consolidation of clerical power in Iran ⓘ
establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
targeted United States embassy in Tehran ⓘ
tookPlaceIn United States embassy seizure in Tehran ⓘ
linked to: Iran hostage crisis
typeOfOrganization non-state armed group ⓘ
usedTactics hostage-taking ⓘ
occupation of diplomatic premises ⓘ

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Iran hostage crisis → mainPerpetrator → Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line ⓘ
Iranian student militants → alsoKnownAs → Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line ⓘ
Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line → alsoKnownAs → Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line of the Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line
Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line → alsoKnownAs → Students Following the Line of the Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line