Hostages
Hostages
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Hostages

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A docuseries that explores the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979, including never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers, and the resounding consequences of the situation.
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Part One: The Peacock Throne
S1 E1 • 57m • HDClosed Captioned Alt Text15

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.

Part Two: Den Of Spies
S1 E2 • 57m • HDClosed Captioned Alt Text15

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

Part Three: The Sand Storm
S1 E3 • 58m • HDClosed Captioned Alt Text15

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

Part Four: The Transaction
S1 E4 • 57m • HDClosed Captioned Alt Text15

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

  • About this series
  • A docuseries that explores the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979, including never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers, and the resounding consequences of the situation.
  • 15HD
  • GenreFactual, News and Documentaries
  • Seasons1
  • StudioHBOMax

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