TAKEN HOSTAGE | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Part Two, Chapter One

Part Two of TAKEN HOSTAGE uses eyewitness testimony to follow the harrowing 444-day standoff between the U.S. and Iran over the holding of 52 hostages at the American embassy in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981. The Iran Hostage Crisis would permanently rupture relations between the two countries and ignite a growing anti-American militancy across the Muslim world, setting the stage for the attacks of 9/11.
TAKEN HOSTAGE is available to stream beginning November 15, 2022 on PBS.org, the PBS Video app and pbs.org/americanexperience

[@lynnharris3189]

I love how the Iranians complained what a tyrant the Shah was but Khomeini was no better he had bloody hands as well.

[@michaelotieno6524]

Khomeini was still new in office then with a power sharing agreement with Iranian socialists.
The shah had been installed by the Americans hence anything other than him was a welcome change.

[@daveverplank]

The Shah couldn't hold a candle to Khomeini when it came to brutality.

[@johnylitalo4163]

All that over that stupid oil.

[@NunYa953]

Stupid oil? You're not too bright.

[@mikejohnson3338]

It's a shame what Reagan did to these hostages just to win an election.

[@debbylassus7706]

The gilded age