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They think of Arab wars with Israel but then just to the east
of all that, lo and behold there is this mythical kind
of kingdom led by a Shah who's impossibly wealthy
and glamorous, and pro-American
of all that, lo and behold there is this mythical kind
of kingdom led by a Shah who's impossibly wealthy
and glamorous, and pro-American
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They think of Arab wars with Israel
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but then just to the east
of all that, lo and behold
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there is this mythical kind
of kingdom led by a Shah
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who's impossibly wealthy
and glamorous, and pro-American.
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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...
