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[reporter] The American embassy in Tehran
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A Revolution on Canvas

The American embassyin Tehran is in the handsof Muslim students tonight

[reporter] The American embassy
in Tehran is in the hands
of Muslim students tonight

Full Transcript

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[reporter] The American embassy in Tehran
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is in the hands of Muslim students tonight.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:14
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, thriller
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Partner Pictures

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Movie Summary

Sara Nodjoumi delves into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 "treasonous" paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.
They stormed the embassy - A Revolution on Canvas 00:06
They stormed the embassy
The students want the deposed Shah - A Revolution on Canvas 00:06
The students want the deposed Shah
[crowd chanting] - A Revolution on Canvas 00:12
[crowd chanting]
[Sara] You said it was one of the first - A Revolution on Canvas 00:06
[Sara] You said it was one of the first
[Nicky] I was in a demonstration, - A Revolution on Canvas 00:10
[Nicky] I was in a demonstration,
There was a door behind me, - A Revolution on Canvas 00:06
There was a door behind me,
So they got me with the bayonet - A Revolution on Canvas 00:08
So they got me with the bayonet
Actually, we were convicted of 100 lashes, all of us. - A Revolution on Canvas 00:07
Actually, we were convicted of 100 lashes, all of us.
Like 170 people - A Revolution on Canvas 00:05
Like 170 people
We couldn't even sleep, just stand up - A Revolution on Canvas 00:08
We couldn't even sleep, just stand up
Then they took us to the courtyard. - A Revolution on Canvas 00:05
Then they took us to the courtyard.
Khomeini picked him up - A Revolution on Canvas 00:07
Khomeini picked him up
So he would go to west of Iran - A Revolution on Canvas 00:12
So he would go to west of Iran
[gunfire] - A Revolution on Canvas 00:08
[gunfire]
That's why he was famous for being "Hanging Judge." - A Revolution on Canvas 00:11
That's why he was famous for being "Hanging Judge....
The prisoners seen here - A Revolution on Canvas 00:05
The prisoners seen here
Their hair and mustaches are partly shaven - A Revolution on Canvas 00:07
Their hair and mustaches are partly shaven
[Nicky in English] I thought that I won't be alive - A Revolution on Canvas 00:22
[Nicky in English] I thought that I won't be alive
And if you do, execution right away, anyplace." - A Revolution on Canvas 00:15
And if you do, execution right away, anyplace."
So they cut my hair from this way and this way, - A Revolution on Canvas 00:09
So they cut my hair from this way and this way,