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Part 1 |Taken Hostage | American Experience

Season 34 Episode 5 | 1hr 52m 24s

Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

Aired: 11/13/22 | Expires: 07/01/24
Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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