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Following the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran, Washington resorted to international organizations and adopted a series of actions which were aimed at driving the Islamic Republic to seclusion.

Islamic Revolution Documents Center -- An American lawyer and university professor, Francis Anthony Boyle says the Iranian student’s seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 was in accordance with Article 51 of the UN charter, which says in case of armed assault on a UN member, as long as the Security Council is doing necessary steps to ensure international peace and security, it will not violate any of the regulations of the chart on self defense, be it individual or group.