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Hostages

We had been trying to warn Washington and I wrote three long reports

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
We had been trying to warn Washington and I wrote three long reports

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We had been trying to warn Washington
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and I wrote three long reports.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:51
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 • E04 So by this time - Hostages 00:10
So by this time
S01 • E03 If they don't let those hostages go - Hostages 00:07
If they don't let those hostages go
S01 • E02 You go and jump over the wall - Hostages 00:12
You go and jump over the wall
S01 • E01 He said, "I hate the Shah - Hostages 00:13
He said, "I hate the Shah
S01 • E03 There was enormous frustration building up even in his own family - Hostages 00:09
There was enormous frustration building up even in his own f...
S01 • E04 I was the Assistant Secretary - Hostages 00:13
I was the Assistant Secretary
S01 • E03 Even Rosalynn Carter wanted him to be more muscular. - Hostages 00:05
Even Rosalynn Carter wanted him to be more muscular.
S01 • E03 His mother, Lillian Carter - Hostages 00:06
His mother, Lillian Carter
S01 • E01 At about a week later - Hostages 00:07
At about a week later
S01 • E04 These very senior bankers are sitting around this table - Hostages 00:06
These very senior bankers are sitting around this table
S01 • E01 He went berserk that I was going behind his back - Hostages 00:05
He went berserk that I was going behind his back
S01 • E03 The 1980s have been born in turmoil, strife, and change. - Hostages 00:07
The 1980s have been born in turmoil, strife, and change.
S01 • E01 That's how blind the people in the Embassy were - Hostages 00:05
That's how blind the people in the Embassy were
S01 • E03 At this time in Iran - Hostages 00:11
At this time in Iran
S01 • E01 Shahanshah. - Hostages 00:20
Shahanshah.
S01 • E03 In response to the abhorrent act in Iran - Hostages 00:11
In response to the abhorrent act in Iran
S01 • E02 "We still have only indirect information - Hostages 00:06
"We still have only indirect information
S01 • E02 We do expect the Iranian government - Hostages 00:15
We do expect the Iranian government
S01 • E03 The United States will not yield to blackmail. - Hostages 00:06
The United States will not yield to blackmail.
S01 • E03 If the American hostages are harmed - Hostages 00:10
If the American hostages are harmed