Reading Room Document

Presidential Powers Relating to the Situation in Iran

The following memorandum was prepared in the hours immediately following the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran. Its conclusions are set forth in its second paragraph. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22311/download.

November 7, 1979