Demonstration outside US Embassy in Tehran

Title

Demonstration outside US Embassy in Tehran

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Adrianos van Helfteren(?) reports live from a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Tehran, where staff have been kept hostage for 126 days. The demonstrators are demanding that the USA return the Shah (currently receiving medical treatment) to Iran to face trial. Includes actuality of the demonstration and an interview with an unnamed Iranian woman who says she hates America and wishes the hostages were dead.

Contributors

Adrianos van Helfteren(?)

Keywords

USA; Iran; Politics; Embassies and consulates; Tehran; Public opinion; Demonstrations; Hostages; US Embassy; Diplomats; Iranian revolution (1979); American (cultural identity); Revolution

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