Hostages, Part Three: The Sand Storm

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In the 1970s, the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the explosion of the Iranian Revolution frays the deep ties between Iran and the US.

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With Iran now under Khomeini's rule, a 48-hour sit-in at the American embassy in Tehran snowballs into an international crisis.

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As pressure mounts to resolve the crisis, the Carter administration launches an ill-fated military rescue mission.

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The series finale finds both Iran and America in an exhausting, entrenched stalemate one year into the siege.