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I called him up and said, "Hey, John,
you just got a telex and it says that Ayatollah Khomeini
has just arrived in Paris and your foreign editor is asking you if this is a story." And he said, "Well, it... it happens
that I'm going to go out there to see him tomorrow
you just got a telex and it says that Ayatollah Khomeini
has just arrived in Paris and your foreign editor is asking you if this is a story." And he said, "Well, it... it happens
that I'm going to go out there to see him tomorrow
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I called him up and said, "Hey, John,
you just got a telex
00:00:03.332 --> 00:00:05.508
and it says that Ayatollah Khomeini
has just arrived in Paris
00:00:05.056 --> 00:00:06.674
and your foreign editor is asking you
00:00:06.726 --> 00:00:07.451
if this is a story."
00:00:07.503 --> 00:00:09.029
And he said, "Well, it... it happens
that I'm going to go out there
00:00:09.342 --> 00:00:10.301
to see him tomorrow.
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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...
