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They told me that they need someone who could help both in dealingwith the reporters also...

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
They told me that they need someone who could help both in dealing
with the reporters also in dealing sometimes
with some of the hostages

Full Transcript

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They told me that they need someone
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who could help both in dealing with the reporters
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also in dealing sometimes with some of the hostages.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:33
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...
S01 • E03 David Rockefeller, and Henry Kissinger - Hostages 00:17
David Rockefeller, and Henry Kissinger
S01 • E01 A French journalist was at the door and said that - Hostages 00:12
A French journalist was at the door and said that
S01 • E04 I asked them, "What's going on?" And they said, "You're leaving." - Hostages 00:10
I asked them, "What's going on?" And they sai...
S01 • E02 I took the idea back immediately to my parents - Hostages 00:09
I took the idea back immediately to my parents
S01 • E02 They could see the long-term consequences. - Hostages 00:05
They could see the long-term consequences.
S01 • E03 David Rockefeller's principal business - Hostages 00:14
David Rockefeller's principal business
S01 • E04 They wanted to do televised interviews - Hostages 00:08
They wanted to do televised interviews
S01 • E02 I was not that, you know, far-sighted as a 19-year-old. - Hostages 00:05
I was not that, you know, far-sighted as a 19-year-old.
S01 • E01 I know that many of you have doubted for all these years - Hostages 00:05
I know that many of you have doubted for all these years
S01 • E02 But they were familiar with my activism. - Hostages 00:05
But they were familiar with my activism.
S01 • E01 Yazdi insisted to Ayatollah Khomeini that there might be some dangers - Hostages 00:07
Yazdi insisted to Ayatollah Khomeini that there might be som...
S01 • E04 She said, "We're gonna release some of you." - Hostages 00:08
She said, "We're gonna release some of you."
S01 • E02 "In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful - Hostages 00:15
"In the name of God, the beneficent, the merciful
S01 • E04 We had each of the hostages speaking about his condition himself. - Hostages 00:06
We had each of the hostages speaking about his condition him...
S01 • E03 It had nothing to do with Shah's money deposited at Chase Bank? - Hostages 00:05
It had nothing to do with Shah's money deposited at Cha...
S01 • E01 We decided to have all the plane filled by journalists - Hostages 00:07
We decided to have all the plane filled by journalists
S01 • E04 It's trying to convey a message - Hostages 00:07
It's trying to convey a message
S01 • E02 And her English was fantastic like her mother language. - Hostages 00:06
And her English was fantastic like her mother language.
S01 • E04 They're just not free to move around like a... a guest should be. - Hostages 00:07
They're just not free to move around like a... a guest ...
S01 • E02 We moved to the United States when I was three years old. - Hostages 00:05
We moved to the United States when I was three years old.