In November, 1979, few Iranian protesters seized the U.S. Embassy, an American culture centre in Teheran and held more than 50 Americans as hostage. What was the cause of it ?
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(a)It was done to force U.S.A. to extradite the ailing former Shah who was undergoing treatment at that time in New York
(b)America refused to purchase crude oil from Iran at their fixed price
(c)America did not recognise Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the religious leader of Iran
(d)America planned to invade Iran
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