Iran embassy hostages

Title

Iran embassy hostages

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:05:47

Description

2 interview clips, apparently consecutive, on a telephone conversation (by NBC?) with Bruce Laingen, US Charge d’Affaires, held hostage at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Office in Tehran; lack of anti-American feeling in Tehran; and the Revolutionary Guard being reluctant to take the embassy hostages to trial, as its main intention is to secure the return of the Shah. Male speaker and reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Iran; Embassies and consulates; Tehran; Hostages; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; Shah of Iran; L. Bruce Laingen; Diplomats; Iranian revolution (1979)

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