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So Carter,out of a humanitarian motive says, "Okay. He can come in." - Death to the Shah!-...

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
So Carter,
out of a humanitarian motive says, "Okay. He can come in." - Death to the Shah!
- Death to the Shah!

Full Transcript

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So Carter, out of a humanitarian motive
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says, "Okay. He can come in."
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- Death to the Shah! - Death to the Shah!
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:15
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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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One of my favorite chants was, you know
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Exit polling at voting places suggests men like Reagan more
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He is Ayatollah Khomeini
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Demonstrators marched outside the hospital
S01 • E01 The first time I actually heard the name Khomeini - Hostages 00:06
The first time I actually heard the name Khomeini
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Our inflation rate was well into the double digits
S01 • E04 But I think the Iranian hostage crisis - Hostages 00:09
But I think the Iranian hostage crisis
S01 • E01 The Iranian government exiled him - Hostages 00:10
The Iranian government exiled him
S01 • E03 And it got so theatrically staged - Hostages 00:13
And it got so theatrically staged
S01 • E02 That only causes more problems or potential problems for us. - Hostages 00:08
That only causes more problems or potential problems for us.
S01 • E02 My reaction was, "We're done. - Hostages 00:05
My reaction was, "We're done.
S01 • E01 Khomeini articulated the idea that, you know - Hostages 00:23
Khomeini articulated the idea that, you know
S01 • E04 One day, one of the guards slipped me a copy of Time Magazine - Hostages 00:09
One day, one of the guards slipped me a copy of Time Magazin...
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We were pretty sure that something bad was going to happen.
S01 • E03 This was the first American - Hostages 00:10
This was the first American
S01 • E02 That there were going to be consequences - Hostages 00:07
That there were going to be consequences
S01 • E04 I assumed it was Soviet propaganda because I mean, you know - Hostages 00:07
I assumed it was Soviet propaganda because I mean, you know
S01 • E02 "The coming of the Shah to America - Hostages 00:11
"The coming of the Shah to America
S01 • E04 No he's not going to be. Yeah. This is crazy." - Hostages 00:15
No he's not going to be. Yeah. This is crazy."