Editing Menachem Mendel Schneerson (section)

====Iran youth immigration====
In 1979, during the [[Iranian Revolution]] and [[Iran hostage crisis|Iranian hostage crisis]], Schneerson directed arrangements to rescue Jewish youth and teenagers from Iran and bring them to safety in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chabadnews.us/Old%20Aricles/AT%2000009.htm |title="Exodus" from Iran |publisher=Lubavitch Archives |access-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725050546/http://www.chabadnews.us/Old%20Aricles/AT%2000009.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Iranian government's hostility towards the United States was seen by Schneerson as behavior that could threaten the country's status as an "untouchable" superpower, and that would cause it to try to appease Arab countries, thus "endanger[ing] the security of Israel".<ref>Shlomo Shamir, August 24, 2013 [http://www.chabad.org/2320574 "The Israeli Journalist, Iran and the Rebbes Vision"]</ref> As a result of Schneerson's efforts, several thousand Iranian children were flown from Iran to the safety of New York.<ref>Joseph Telushkin, ''[[Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History]]''. HarperCollins, 2014. Pages 289–290</ref>