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November 4th was another workday,
it was the beginning of the workday and I do remember specifically
that I needed a haircut and thinking "I... Should... should I go get
a haircut and then go in later?" I was at the Iran-American Society getting ready for a staff meeting when my secretary came in and she said,
"You need to take this phone call." So I picked up the phone, and he said "There are demonstrations
in front of the Embassy and they're very serious." And he said, "Be very careful." On November 4th we had a meeting
that had been scheduled with the legal affairs department at the Iranian Foreign Ministry
at ten o'clock
it was the beginning of the workday and I do remember specifically
that I needed a haircut and thinking "I... Should... should I go get
a haircut and then go in later?" I was at the Iran-American Society getting ready for a staff meeting when my secretary came in and she said,
"You need to take this phone call." So I picked up the phone, and he said "There are demonstrations
in front of the Embassy and they're very serious." And he said, "Be very careful." On November 4th we had a meeting
that had been scheduled with the legal affairs department at the Iranian Foreign Ministry
at ten o'clock
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November 4th was another workday,
it was the beginning of the workday
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and I do remember specifically
that I needed a haircut
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and thinking
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"I... Should... should I go get
a haircut and then go in later?"
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I was at the Iran-American Society
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getting ready for a staff meeting
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when my secretary came in
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and she said,
"You need to take this phone call."
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So I picked up the phone, and he said
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"There are demonstrations
in front of the Embassy
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and they're very serious."
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And he said, "Be very careful."
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On November 4th
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we had a meeting
that had been scheduled
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with the legal affairs department
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at the Iranian Foreign Ministry
at ten o'clock.
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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...
