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Hostages

In 1979, we downsized the Embassy because of the Revolutionand the potential danger

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
In 1979, we downsized the Embassy because of the Revolution
and the potential danger

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In 1979, we downsized the Embassy
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because of the Revolution and the potential danger.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:58
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...
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I would walk. And that's when I would either walk in pl...
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A lot of personnel came home
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The Shah was a modernist
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But I wanted to set off to see
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But I believe that it's up to the people of Iran
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I would try to think of pleasant memories from growing up.
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This ostentatious life of the monarch
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Some of my family said
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The Shah was really a gentleman
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"It's a Friday night. I wonder what Tony is doing....
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They'll bring me home if it's not safe."
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We had a basic amount of people
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When he died I thought
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Mohammad Reza Shah believed that the people love their King
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This was a pastor who said, "Well, if Jesus was truly h...
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He sort of understood the pulse of the people
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But there was only so much that we could do.
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There was 27 acres there.
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We had a number of people that had been there