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Fifty eight degrees outside, lookingfor a high today of 74 degrees. I arrived in Iran to...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
Fifty eight degrees outside, looking
for a high today of 74 degrees. I arrived in Iran to work
in the visa section of the Embassy in March of 1977

Full Transcript

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Fifty eight degrees outside, looking for a high today of 74 degrees.
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I arrived in Iran to work in the visa section of the Embassy
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in March of 1977.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:50
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E04 But I knew nothing about it at that time. - Hostages 00:06
But I knew nothing about it at that time.
S01 • E03 Filmed secretly from a nearby rooftop - Hostages 00:22
Filmed secretly from a nearby rooftop
S01 • E04 They came in and started dragging people out - Hostages 00:06
They came in and started dragging people out
S01 • E01 I loved the Iranian culture - Hostages 00:09
I loved the Iranian culture
S01 • E04 That's the day they put me into Evin Prison - Hostages 00:06
That's the day they put me into Evin Prison
S01 • E04 It was all of about 3 ft wide and 7 ft long. - Hostages 00:07
It was all of about 3 ft wide and 7 ft long.
S01 • E04 Nothing in there except for a steel door - Hostages 00:09
Nothing in there except for a steel door
S01 • E03 When a month went by - Hostages 00:07
When a month went by
S01 • E01 My own connections to Iran go a lot deeper - Hostages 00:05
My own connections to Iran go a lot deeper
S01 • E04 I was six or seven stories below ground. - Hostages 00:06
I was six or seven stories below ground.
S01 • E01 Ali Amini was prime minister of Iran - Hostages 00:06
Ali Amini was prime minister of Iran
S01 • E03 We expected that this would work out. - Hostages 00:06
We expected that this would work out.
S01 • E01 You know, what drew me to Iran and the culture and the language - Hostages 00:07
You know, what drew me to Iran and the culture and the langu...
S01 • E04 And as time kept going by - Hostages 00:14
And as time kept going by
S01 • E03 This is about 27 acres - Hostages 00:06
This is about 27 acres
S01 • E01 I encountered Iranians, who were our teachers - Hostages 00:06
I encountered Iranians, who were our teachers
S01 • E03 The warehouse, what we called, "The Mushroom Inn." - Hostages 00:10
The warehouse, what we called, "The Mushroom Inn."
S01 • E01 What an amazing language." - Hostages 00:06
What an amazing language."
S01 • E01 Maybe it was that - Hostages 00:07
Maybe it was that
S01 • E03 In your little cubicle, you did a lot of in-place running. - Hostages 00:06
In your little cubicle, you did a lot of in-place running.