P5/6: The Man Who Changed The World (5/18: Iran & The West - S1/3)

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Militant Islam enjoyed its first modern triumph with the arrival in power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran in 1979. In this series of three programmes, key figures tell the inside story.

Former US president Jimmy Carter talks on television for the first time about the episode that, more than any other, led American voters to eject him from the presidency. Iran's seizure of the US embassy in Tehran and the holding of its staff for 444 days took more and more of Carter's time and energy. His final days in office were dominated by desperate attempts to secure the release of the embassy hostages. Those who sat in the White House with him, planning how to rescue the hostages, how to negotiate their release and, finally, wondering whether anything could be rescued from the disaster, all tell their part in the story.

Other contributors include former vice president Walter Mondale, ex-deputy secretary of state Warren Christopher and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. The other side of the story is told by top Iranians: Ayatollah Khomeini's close adviser, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri; his first foreign minister, Ebrahim Yazdi; his negotiator with the US, Sadeq Tabatabai; and the founder of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rafiqdoust.

Broadcast on: BBC Two, 9:00pm Saturday 7th February 2009

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[acerb45666555]

some students got hot headed and took some americans. an isolated incident that could have been peacefully diffused. why do politicians and mullahs never use theyre brains??

[greeko25]

from what i understand , it was good that they overthrow the shah but they lost control of themselfs afterthat . as for today , as much as i despise israeli governance , i think iranian politicians are equally bad and despisable . and having a country run by religius people is always a bad idea

[miniraza99]

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[miniraza99]

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[miniraza99]

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[acerb45666555]

@miniraza99 ..............grow up kid!

[miniraza99]

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[HaroetMaroet]

@eshoo8000 go wear your mother her skin

[eshoo8000]

@HaroetMaroet go wear hijab now or allah will be mad

[getsensus]

@honkeyssmalls idiots on free american internet, but even you have rights on western society such poor minded

[YUSKHAN]

ha fuck america God will punish you