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I was not that, you know, far-sighted as a 19-year-old
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Hostages

I was not that, you know,far-sighted as a 19-year-old

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
I was not that, you know,
far-sighted as a 19-year-old

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I was not that, you know, far-sighted as a 19-year-old.
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5 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:54
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history

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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 I know that many of you have doubted for all these years - Hostages 00:05
I know that many of you have doubted for all these years
S01 • E02 But they were familiar with my activism. - Hostages 00:05
But they were familiar with my activism.
S01 • E01 Yazdi insisted to Ayatollah Khomeini that there might be some dangers - Hostages 00:07
Yazdi insisted to Ayatollah Khomeini that there might be som...
S01 • E04 She said, "We're gonna release some of you." - Hostages 00:08
She said, "We're gonna release some of you."
S01 • E02 "In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful - Hostages 00:15
"In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful
S01 • E04 We had each of the hostages speaking about his condition himself. - Hostages 00:06
We had each of the hostages speaking about his condition him...
S01 • E03 It had nothing to do with Shah's money deposited at Chase Bank? - Hostages 00:05
It had nothing to do with Shah's money deposited at Cha...
S01 • E01 We decided to have all the plane filled by journalists - Hostages 00:07
We decided to have all the plane filled by journalists
S01 • E04 It's trying to convey a message - Hostages 00:07
It's trying to convey a message
S01 • E02 And her English was fantastic like her mother language. - Hostages 00:06
And her English was fantastic like her mother language.
S01 • E04 They're just not free to move around like a... a guest should be. - Hostages 00:07
They're just not free to move around like a... a guest ...
S01 • E02 We moved to the United States when I was three years old. - Hostages 00:05
We moved to the United States when I was three years old.
S01 • E03 I said, "Well, it caused the hostage crisis." - Hostages 00:15
I said, "Well, it caused the hostage crisis."
S01 • E02 I had a relative command of English - Hostages 00:09
I had a relative command of English
S01 • E01 Midnight was the time of the flight - Hostages 00:06
Midnight was the time of the flight
S01 • E02 "We are not terrorists. Terrorists attack with weapons." - Hostages 00:16
"We are not terrorists. Terrorists attack with weapons....
S01 • E04 It was how well we had been treated and how it was all just wonderful. - Hostages 00:05
It was how well we had been treated and how it was all just ...
S01 • E01 I found out years later from Zbig Brzezinski - Hostages 00:10
I found out years later from Zbig Brzezinski
S01 • E03 They had no right to have that kind of access to the President - Hostages 00:07
They had no right to have that kind of access to the Preside...
S01 • E04 There was for the most part - Hostages 00:10
There was for the most part