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Iranian students continue to hold
more than 50 hostages at the American Embassy
in Tehran this morning. They stormed the Embassy
early yesterday demanding the United States
send the Shah back Iran for trial. When I spoke by telephone to one
of the students inside the Embassy he stressed that their occupation was not just to press
for the return of the Shah who is being treated
for cancer in New York. The students are also looking for a change in the United States' attitude to Iran
more than 50 hostages at the American Embassy
in Tehran this morning. They stormed the Embassy
early yesterday demanding the United States
send the Shah back Iran for trial. When I spoke by telephone to one
of the students inside the Embassy he stressed that their occupation was not just to press
for the return of the Shah who is being treated
for cancer in New York. The students are also looking for a change in the United States' attitude to Iran
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Iranian students continue to hold
more than 50 hostages
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at the American Embassy
in Tehran this morning.
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They stormed the Embassy
early yesterday
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demanding the United States
send the Shah back Iran for trial.
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When I spoke by telephone to one
of the students inside the Embassy
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he stressed that their occupation
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was not just to press
for the return of the Shah
00:00:19.852 --> 00:00:21.688
who is being treated
for cancer in New York.
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The students are also looking
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for a change in the United States'
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attitude to Iran.
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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...
