Ka cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 27 ga Yuli, 1980, tsohon Shah ya mutu; sa'an nan, a watan Satumba, Iraki ta mamaye Iran. Wadannan abubuwan guda biyu sun sa gwamnatin Iran ta shiga tattaunawa da Amurka, tare da Aljeriya a matsayin mai shiga tsakani. An saki 'yan gudun hijirar a hukumance a hannun Amurka a ranar da aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Algiers, 'yan mintoci bayan sabon shugaban Amurka, Ronald Reagan,
an rantsar da shi.