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Hostages

This is KPFK Los Angeles.It's 4.30am. This is a live telephone callto Tehran, Iran. -...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
This is KPFK Los Angeles.
It's 4.30am. This is a live telephone call
to Tehran, Iran. - Hello?
- Hello? We're trying to reach
the United States Embassy. We'll speak to any party. Yes. May I speak to one of the people
you are holding who is an American?

Full Transcript

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This is KPFK Los Angeles. It's 4.30am.
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This is a live telephone call to Tehran, Iran.
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- Hello? - Hello?
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We're trying to reach the United States Embassy.
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We'll speak to any party.
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Yes.
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May I speak to one of the people you are holding who is an American?
Duration
15 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:44
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 Top officials all around the country are being rounded up and executed. - Hostages 00:06
Top officials all around the country are being rounded up an...
S01 • E03 Jimmy said, "I am not going to gamble with the lives of our people. - Hostages 00:06
Jimmy said, "I am not going to gamble with the lives of...
S01 • E04 I felt real sorrow at these losses of people - Hostages 00:17
I felt real sorrow at these losses of people
S01 • E02 Every day, the front page of the newspaper - Hostages 00:12
Every day, the front page of the newspaper
S01 • E02 This was an all-out brutal civil war. - Hostages 00:06
This was an all-out brutal civil war.
S01 • E02 You know, we never thought that the Shah will go - Hostages 00:06
You know, we never thought that the Shah will go
S01 • E02 The reason that we are all supporting Ayatollah Khomeini - Hostages 00:10
The reason that we are all supporting Ayatollah Khomeini
S01 • E04 The country took this idea - Hostages 00:11
The country took this idea
S01 • E01 It's now about 27 minutes here before 11.00 in the morning - Hostages 00:17
It's now about 27 minutes here before 11.00 in the morn...
S01 • E04 I mean, they... they really did come and try to get us. - Hostages 00:06
I mean, they... they really did come and try to get us.
S01 • E01 Fifty eight degrees outside, looking for a high today of 74 degrees. - Hostages 00:08
Fifty eight degrees outside, looking for a high today of 74 ...
S01 • E04 But I knew nothing about it at that time. - Hostages 00:06
But I knew nothing about it at that time.
S01 • E03 Filmed secretly from a nearby rooftop - Hostages 00:22
Filmed secretly from a nearby rooftop
S01 • E04 They came in and started dragging people out - Hostages 00:06
They came in and started dragging people out
S01 • E01 I loved the Iranian culture - Hostages 00:09
I loved the Iranian culture
S01 • E04 That's the day they put me into Evin Prison - Hostages 00:06
That's the day they put me into Evin Prison
S01 • E04 It was all of about 3 ft wide and 7 ft long. - Hostages 00:07
It was all of about 3 ft wide and 7 ft long.
S01 • E04 Nothing in there except for a steel door - Hostages 00:09
Nothing in there except for a steel door
S01 • E03 When a month went by - Hostages 00:07
When a month went by
S01 • E01 My own connections to Iran go a lot deeper - Hostages 00:05
My own connections to Iran go a lot deeper