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Ayatollah Khomeini does not have
any conflict of conscience when he sits on his prayer rug
and calls for political revolution. Calls on Iranians to shed their blood
in the struggle against the Shah. It is an extraordinary demonstration
of power. Khomeini speaks in a soft voice
in a small village in France and in Tehran, this is the result
any conflict of conscience when he sits on his prayer rug
and calls for political revolution. Calls on Iranians to shed their blood
in the struggle against the Shah. It is an extraordinary demonstration
of power. Khomeini speaks in a soft voice
in a small village in France and in Tehran, this is the result
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Ayatollah Khomeini does not have
any conflict of conscience
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when he sits on his prayer rug
and calls for political revolution.
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Calls on Iranians to shed their blood
in the struggle against the Shah.
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It is an extraordinary demonstration
of power.
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Khomeini speaks in a soft voice
in a small village in France
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and in Tehran, this is the result.
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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...