2. The Rescue Riot
During the Iranian Revolution, the Shah of Iran was overthrown and replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini. Around this time the American information technology company Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was accused of having installed computer systems for the government. Moreover, during the revolution the EDS executives Bill Gaylord and Paul Chiapparone were arrested. Two months later on February 12, 1979 an angry mob stormed into the Qasr Prison in Tehran, Iran, that led to the escape of 11,000 prisoners. It was later suggested that this was actually an orchestrated American rescue operation for Gaylord and Chiapparone. The large mob of pro-Khomeini revolutionaries were told that the Qasr Prison had prisoners who were supports of the Shah and was led to the prison deliberately to enabled Gaylord and Chiapparone to escape the prison and ultimately the country.
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