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Why were we still there?" After the Revolution,
monarchy was gone, we knew that but Iran remained important
and so the mission at the Embassy was to establish
some kind of relationship with whatever was going
to replace the monarchy
monarchy was gone, we knew that but Iran remained important
and so the mission at the Embassy was to establish
some kind of relationship with whatever was going
to replace the monarchy
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Why were we still there?"
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After the Revolution,
monarchy was gone, we knew that
00:00:07.298 --> 00:00:11.969
but Iran remained important
and so the mission at the Embassy
00:00:12.001 --> 00:00:17.934
was to establish
some kind of relationship
00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.271
with whatever was going
to replace the monarchy.
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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...
