In the film Argo , Iranian activists invaded the United States embassy on November 4 , 1979 , because Jimmy Carter , the US President , had given asylum to the Shah .
On November 4 , 1979 , Iranian activists storm the United States embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution .
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