The incident of dropping the American march by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards caused a lot of analysis and conclusions that remained captive channels and media sites without any real escalation between the two countries so far.
After the fall of the Shah in Iran and the success of Khomeini's Islamists in taking over power in Iran, which launched anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans and other Western countries, the diplomatic headquarters of the countries became public targets seized by the revolutionaries and arrested hundreds of US diplomats who were held hostage by Iran.
After months of failed negotiations between the United States and Iran over the release of diplomats, US President Jimmy Carter decided to resort to a military solution. A unit was set up to conduct a process called Eagle Claw.
After a period of time preparations for the secret military operation, which was aimed at the release of hostages held in the Iranian capital Tehran. The zero point of the operation was launched on April 24, 1980, which failed after logistical problems with US aircraft developed for the secret operation.
Especially in the desert of Tubas and after the decision of the White House to stop the secret operation because of logistical failure were errors resulted in the explosion of two US aircraft in the area of Tabas, which resulted in the deaths of eight US soldiers by a sandstorm hit the scene.
On April 25, 1980, the White House announced the failure of the hostage rescue. In a speech to Khomeini after the Tabas incident, he said, "God has blessed the Islamic government with the miracle of the sandstorm."
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