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And it got so theatrically staged that the crowd started getting tired and after a couple...

Hostages • S01E03 • 2022
And it got so theatrically staged that the crowd started getting tired and after a couple weeks,
they would only start screaming "Marg bar Amrika! Marg bar Shah!"
if the TV cameras were on

Full Transcript

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And it got so theatrically staged
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that the crowd started getting tired
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and after a couple weeks, they would only start screaming
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"Marg bar Amrika! Marg bar Shah!" if the TV cameras were on.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:35
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 44...
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That only causes more problems or potential problems for us.
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My reaction was, "We're done.
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Khomeini articulated the idea that, you know
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One day, one of the guards slipped me a copy of Time Magazin...
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We were pretty sure that something bad was going to happen.
S01 • E03 This was the first American - Hostages 00:10
This was the first American
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That there were going to be consequences
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I assumed it was Soviet propaganda because I mean, you know
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"The coming of the Shah to America
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No he's not going to be. Yeah. This is crazy."
S01 • E03 The hostage-takers came out and made speeches. - Hostages 00:06
The hostage-takers came out and made speeches.
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I joined the Ayatollah Khomeini
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That was my dream
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And they had the American press right there every minute.
S01 • E03 And what was going on on TV - Hostages 00:07
And what was going on on TV
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To some, the agony was private, and they meant to keep it th...
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I had the lowest-level office in the bureau
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To others, there was some consolation in opening their homes
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There were times when I thought that I might be the last one...
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I called him up and said, "Hey, John, you just got a te...