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Hostages

You need to holdfree and fair elections and release political prisoners" and he doesn't...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
You need to hold
free and fair elections and release political prisoners" and he doesn't know what to do

Full Transcript

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You need to hold free and fair elections
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and release political prisoners"
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and he doesn't know what to do.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:14
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 I don't blame them. I... I blame Khomeini - Hostages 00:12
I don't blame them. I... I blame Khomeini
S01 • E03 Jimmy Carter was snake-bit on the one hand - Hostages 00:10
Jimmy Carter was snake-bit on the one hand
S01 • E01 Pushing the Shah to liberalize was the American policy. - Hostages 00:05
Pushing the Shah to liberalize was the American policy.
S01 • E02 What we are concerned about - Hostages 00:07
What we are concerned about
S01 • E03 Partly, he just was a victim of bad timing - Hostages 00:12
Partly, he just was a victim of bad timing
S01 • E01 In retrospect - Hostages 00:15
In retrospect
S01 • E04 But gradually, that fever of the society came down - Hostages 00:12
But gradually, that fever of the society came down
S01 • E02 I was traveling, and I read - Hostages 00:09
I was traveling, and I read
S01 • E03 For months before the Embassy takeover - Hostages 00:11
For months before the Embassy takeover
S01 • E02 And I just screamed. - Hostages 00:05
And I just screamed.
S01 • E01 If I can just sum this up in one rather general question, sir - Hostages 00:06
If I can just sum this up in one rather general question, si...
S01 • E04 This was the end game - Hostages 00:07
This was the end game
S01 • E02 I was afraid they'd kill the diplomats - Hostages 00:07
I was afraid they'd kill the diplomats
S01 • E04 We got dinner that was more often than not - Hostages 00:09
We got dinner that was more often than not
S01 • E02 My country took my husband hostage. - Hostages 00:06
My country took my husband hostage.
S01 • E04 But the SpaghettiOs also came - Hostages 00:08
But the SpaghettiOs also came
S01 • E01 Inflation - Hostages 00:09
Inflation
S01 • E03 In 1979, David Rockefeller, the head of Chase Manhattan Bank - Hostages 00:19
In 1979, David Rockefeller, the head of Chase Manhattan Bank
S01 • E02 In Tehran tonight, the student activists - Hostages 00:15
In Tehran tonight, the student activists
S01 • E04 Because you don't want us to get sick between now and January 20th. - Hostages 00:08
Because you don't want us to get sick between now and J...