P6/6: The Man Who Changed The World (6/18: 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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[RayHolly69]

Welp, as an American born in 1980's I feel the new age of America is aware of our intrusive foreign policy. It's no wonder we look like hypocritical assholes as we invade the business of other countries, when we should worry about our own. I love my country, but I do not agree with what we have done in the past 50 years. WE need to mind our own business and allow revolutionaries to lead their own wars, not interefere  for unknown, greedy reasons.

[aae1234]

@whoostino Exactly everyone helped Saddam to invade Iran where they they had no right to do so. Sure Iran could have responded better but your making it sound like it was Iran's fault. This ALL started thanks to the US placing a dictator in power.

[alaazahra]

that was a total ownage to carter... freaking reagan thought he would do better lol

[pandakorinx]

It was all American fault anyway. Look into history, if American's did not replace the democratic gov't with a dictator all this should not have happened. The same US foreign policy was imparted in many Latin American countries but it has never been to the betterment of the American people. Sorry to say this but if do care, vote in the right president in 2012, while you still have hope

[whoostino]

@sabrocks881

Whatever foolish thing you or I do in our lifetimes, it will pale in comparison to Khomeini's stupidity in allowing the US embassy takeover. Hundreds of thousands of dead Iranians paid the price for his vanity.

[sabrocks881]

@whoostino Were you mad the first time you realized that you are stupid for life?

[whoostino]

@sabrocks881

You're laughing, you're sad, you're tired: choose a fake emotion, idiot!

[sabrocks881]

@whoostino hahahaha man the stupidity of some people like you makes me sad. sigh.

[XerXes1502]

For world sake, Khomeini should have been stopped from reaching Iran. 30 years later, the people of Iran have been humiliated, now Iran, with nuclear power, will humiliate the rest of the world. No religion should rule a country. Islam should not be the Persian religion!

[1950sMusicLover]

Iran's stupidity sealed Carter's defeat & brought the religious right & neocons to power for the next generation. The world would have been far better off had Carter served a 2nd term.

[shabsog1982]

stupid iraq... arabs is stupid like always