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Hostages

As we're being takenonto the compound the crowd starts swelling at uslike water running...

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
As we're being taken
onto the compound the crowd starts swelling at us
like water running towards us

Full Transcript

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As we're being taken onto the compound
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the crowd starts swelling at us like water running towards us.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:31
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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...
S01 • E01 They brought false eyelashes - Hostages 00:06
They brought false eyelashes
S01 • E03 The freeze covered everything that was controlled by the government - Hostages 00:07
The freeze covered everything that was controlled by the gov...
S01 • E02 Marg bar Amrika! - Hostages 00:11
Marg bar Amrika!
S01 • E01 Because of the party in Persepolis - Hostages 00:05
Because of the party in Persepolis
S01 • E03 Oil companies who owed huge amounts of money to Iran couldn't pay it. - Hostages 00:07
Oil companies who owed huge amounts of money to Iran couldn&...
S01 • E01 I think it cost about $100 million at the time - Hostages 00:05
I think it cost about $100 million at the time
S01 • E03 Anybody who was about to ship them goods - Hostages 00:06
Anybody who was about to ship them goods
S01 • E02 And they chanted over and over something ending in "marg bar." - Hostages 00:08
And they chanted over and over something ending in "mar...
S01 • E01 There were so many people outraged - Hostages 00:05
There were so many people outraged
S01 • E02 Marg bar Amrika! - Hostages 00:15
Marg bar Amrika!
S01 • E01 Numbers of Iranians around the country had protested - Hostages 00:07
Numbers of Iranians around the country had protested
S01 • E03 This is Ayatollah Khomeini - Hostages 00:06
This is Ayatollah Khomeini
S01 • E01 In Iran, the celebrations are costing over $100 million - Hostages 00:07
In Iran, the celebrations are costing over $100 million
S01 • E03 What frightens us is cultural dependence. - Hostages 00:05
What frightens us is cultural dependence.
S01 • E03 We are afraid of the youth to become servants of the West." - Hostages 00:06
We are afraid of the youth to become servants of the West.&q...
S01 • E01 So this was not seen by the people - Hostages 00:07
So this was not seen by the people
S01 • E04 During the war between Iran and Iraq - Hostages 00:06
During the war between Iran and Iraq
S01 • E02 The first thought that came to me was "Go out and negotiate with them." - Hostages 00:13
The first thought that came to me was "Go out and negot...
S01 • E04 Reports of widespread civilian casualties... - Hostages 00:14
Reports of widespread civilian casualties...
S01 • E01 The oil boom transformed Iranian society - Hostages 00:15
The oil boom transformed Iranian society