Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daya daga cikin manyan batutuwan kasa a 1980 shine sakin Amurkawa 66 da aka yi garkuwa da su a Iran tun daga ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1979. Reagan ya lashe zaben. A ranar rantsar da shi
A zahiri, mintuna bayan ya kammala jawabinsa na mintuna 20 da ya yi, Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran ta sanar da sakin mutanen da aka yi garkuwa da su. Lokaci ya haifar da zargin cewa wakilan yakin neman zaben Reagan sun yi makirci tare da Iran don jinkirta sakin har sai bayan zaben don hana Shugaba Jimmy Carter daga janye "October mamaki".