Imwe yenhau huru dzenyika mukati ma 1980 yakanga iri kusunungurwa kwavaAmerica 66 vakabatwa vari nhapwa muIran chifo chaNovember 4, 1979. Reagan akakunda musarudzo. Pazuva rokugadzwa kwake
Kutaura zvazviri, maminitsi mashomanana apedza hurukuro yake yokutanga yemaminitsi 20, Islamic Republic of Iran yakazivisa kusunungurwa kwevanhu vakanga vatapwa. Nguva yacho yakaita kuti pave nokutaura kwokuti vamiririri vomushandirapamwe waReagan wokutsvaka kutungamirirwa kwenyika vakanga vaita rangano neIran yokunonoka kusunungurwa kusvikira pashure pesarudzo kuti vatadzise Mutungamiri Jimmy Carter kuita "chishamiso chaOctober".