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I've just gotten a reportthat there are maybe 80,000 Iranians demonstrating outside our...

Hostages • S01E03 • 2022
I've just gotten a report
that there are maybe 80,000 Iranians demonstrating outside our Embassy in a highly emotional state

Full Transcript

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I've just gotten a report that there are maybe 80,000 Iranians
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demonstrating outside our Embassy
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in a highly emotional state.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:59
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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...
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I've spent most of my career at the Washington Post
S01 • E01 I'm fascinated by watching people seek power - Hostages 00:06
I'm fascinated by watching people seek power
S01 • E03 And we are trying as best we can to protect the honor of our country - Hostages 00:15
And we are trying as best we can to protect the honor of our...
S01 • E01 This man travels the world meeting all of the most important people - Hostages 00:06
This man travels the world meeting all of the most important...
S01 • E01 In Washington, he is considered the capital's most eligible bachelor - Hostages 00:06
In Washington, he is considered the capital's most elig...
S01 • E01 One of my parents' closest friends was Ardeshir Zahedi - Hostages 00:08
One of my parents' closest friends was Ardeshir Zahedi
S01 • E02 So I set out with one of our security personnel - Hostages 00:09
So I set out with one of our security personnel
S01 • E04 From the beginning of 1980 - Hostages 00:07
From the beginning of 1980
S01 • E04 The students are telling the government - Hostages 00:08
The students are telling the government
S01 • E03 There wasn't an American who didn't see visually - Hostages 00:11
There wasn't an American who didn't see visually
S01 • E01 For most guests at an Iranian Embassy party - Hostages 00:10
For most guests at an Iranian Embassy party
S01 • E01 Making friends for himself and for his country - Hostages 00:07
Making friends for himself and for his country
S01 • E04 In the first presidential election - Hostages 00:09
In the first presidential election
S01 • E03 This couldn't be happening to us." - Hostages 00:09
This couldn't be happening to us."
S01 • E01 - Oh, my angel, you didn't have to! - Instead of a dispatch case - Hostages 00:10
- Oh, my angel, you didn't have to! - Instead of a disp...
S01 • E04 Bani-Sadr was educated in France - Hostages 00:10
Bani-Sadr was educated in France
S01 • E03 I think it's totally crazy - Hostages 00:06
I think it's totally crazy
S01 • E04 The Americans hope that Bani-Sadr would be able - Hostages 00:07
The Americans hope that Bani-Sadr would be able
S01 • E03 And then they're over here - Hostages 00:06
And then they're over here
S01 • E01 They massaged the reporters, Congress people, the White House. - Hostages 00:05
They massaged the reporters, Congress people, the White Hous...