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Hostages

I was doing the stories on them and I remember calling the Embassy and the studentswould...

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
I was doing the stories on them and I remember calling the Embassy and the students
would answer the phone

Full Transcript

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I was doing the stories on them
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and I remember calling the Embassy
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and the students would answer the phone.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:40
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 • E03 And it was intensifying the pressure on Carter. - Hostages 00:06
And it was intensifying the pressure on Carter.
S01 • E01 We want freedom and I want Jimmy Carter knows - Hostages 00:07
We want freedom and I want Jimmy Carter knows
S01 • E04 Under the Shah - Hostages 00:11
Under the Shah
S01 • E01 We had been trying to warn Washington - Hostages 00:06
We had been trying to warn Washington
S01 • E03 If they don't let those hostages go - Hostages 00:07
If they don't let those hostages go
S01 • E04 So by this time - Hostages 00:10
So by this time
S01 • E02 You go and jump over the wall - Hostages 00:12
You go and jump over the wall
S01 • E01 He said, "I hate the Shah - Hostages 00:13
He said, "I hate the Shah
S01 • E03 There was enormous frustration building up even in his own family - Hostages 00:09
There was enormous frustration building up even in his own f...
S01 • E04 I was the Assistant Secretary - Hostages 00:13
I was the Assistant Secretary
S01 • E03 Even Rosalynn Carter wanted him to be more muscular. - Hostages 00:05
Even Rosalynn Carter wanted him to be more muscular.
S01 • E03 His mother, Lillian Carter - Hostages 00:06
His mother, Lillian Carter
S01 • E01 At about a week later - Hostages 00:07
At about a week later
S01 • E04 These very senior bankers are sitting around this table - Hostages 00:06
These very senior bankers are sitting around this table
S01 • E01 He went berserk that I was going behind his back - Hostages 00:05
He went berserk that I was going behind his back
S01 • E03 The 1980s have been born in turmoil, strife, and change. - Hostages 00:07
The 1980s have been born in turmoil, strife, and change.
S01 • E01 That's how blind the people in the Embassy were - Hostages 00:05
That's how blind the people in the Embassy were
S01 • E03 At this time in Iran - Hostages 00:11
At this time in Iran
S01 • E01 Shahanshah. - Hostages 00:20
Shahanshah.
S01 • E03 In response to the abhorrent act in Iran - Hostages 00:11
In response to the abhorrent act in Iran