On a gray Sunday morning, students invoking the name of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini invaded the embassy, over-whelmed its Marine Corps guards and took some 60 Americans as hostages.

在一个灰蒙蒙的星期天早晨， 学生们以伊朗阿亚图拉鲁霍拉霍梅尼的名义闯入大使馆，压制了海军陆战队的警卫， 并劫持了大约 60 名美国人作为人质。