Revisit the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events.
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The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
Part One - November 14, 8 pm
Explore how America’s quarter-century of unwavering support for its ally, the Shah of Iran, and the violent Islamic revolution that overthrew him in 1979, set the stage for the Iran hostage crisis.
Part Two - November 15, 8 pm
Through riveting accounts from hostages, journalists and officials, learn how Iranian students held 52 hostages at the American embassy in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981—a defining crisis of Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Who was behind the U.S. embassy takeover in 1979?
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
As one of the hostages' wives, Barbara Rosen was thrust into the biggest media event of its era.
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