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Hostages

I wasn't going to be part of a,you know some sort of PR stunt for them

Hostages • S01E04 • 2022
I wasn't going to be part of a,
you know some sort of PR stunt for them

Full Transcript

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I wasn't going to be part of a, you know
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some sort of PR stunt for them.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:04
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E02 The American Embassy - Hostages 00:21
The American Embassy
S01 • E04 I think I said something like - Hostages 00:06
I think I said something like
S01 • E01 Khomeini said, "It doesn't matter for me." - Hostages 00:05
Khomeini said, "It doesn't matter for me."
S01 • E03 Here on Contadora Island - Hostages 00:16
Here on Contadora Island
S01 • E04 You had an opportunity - Hostages 00:10
You had an opportunity
S01 • E01 He answered that because the people who have trained in mysticism - Hostages 00:07
He answered that because the people who have trained in myst...
S01 • E04 Well, I... I learned how to pass 14-and-a-half months - Hostages 00:08
Well, I... I learned how to pass 14-and-a-half months
S01 • E01 You are a divine man, like a prophet - Hostages 00:05
You are a divine man, like a prophet
S01 • E03 Then last night, he had dinner in the restaurant - Hostages 00:06
Then last night, he had dinner in the restaurant
S01 • E02 And the relationship between the U.S. and Iran - Hostages 00:13
And the relationship between the U.S. and Iran
S01 • E04 Then just literally in the last few days - Hostages 00:18
Then just literally in the last few days
S01 • E02 In 1953, Mohammad Mosaddegh was Prime Minister of Iran. - Hostages 00:06
In 1953, Mohammad Mosaddegh was Prime Minister of Iran.
S01 • E03 You were quoted as saying - Hostages 00:06
You were quoted as saying
S01 • E02 He was quite a remarkable figure - Hostages 00:13
He was quite a remarkable figure
S01 • E03 At the US Embassy in Panama - Hostages 00:42
At the US Embassy in Panama
S01 • E02 If we use the modern standards of democracy, he wasn't perfect - Hostages 00:17
If we use the modern standards of democracy, he wasn't ...
S01 • E04 The US would return an initial 8 billion - Hostages 00:11
The US would return an initial 8 billion
S01 • E04 But once the hostages were released - Hostages 00:08
But once the hostages were released
S01 • E01 When we arrived with Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran - Hostages 00:07
When we arrived with Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran
S01 • E02 And Mossadegh was legitimately and popularly elected. - Hostages 00:05
And Mossadegh was legitimately and popularly elected.