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Why did you reverse your policy and permit the Shahto come into this country?

Hostages • S01E03 • 2022
Why did you reverse your policy and permit the Shah
to come into this country?

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Why did you reverse your policy
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and permit the Shah to come into this country?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:10
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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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After the rescue mission
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The decision that I made personally and without pressure fro...
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At one point I was in a villa
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The Ayatollah does not run the government.
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I leave it up to the American people
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One day, I went in to take a shower
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So at this hour, on this night, the fate of nations
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Jimmy Carter really wanted to do a good job and be a good pr...
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And so I just stole a newspaper, stuffed it in my pants
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Nobody knew who was actually in charge
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But when they took the hostages
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We're trying to help them understand
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This is KPFK Los Angeles. It's 4.30am.
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I felt real sorrow at these losses of people
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Every day, the front page of the newspaper
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This was an all-out brutal civil war.
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You know, we never thought that the Shah will go
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The reason that we are all supporting Ayatollah Khomeini