P4/6: The Man Who Changed The World (4/18: 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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[KarlMartell732]

@Mistermax30

And never let a middle aged marxist fanatic lead a revolution. Summarized: Never ever let fanatics and ideologues gain political power. Politics is for realists. Only!

[bomedley7]

Islam is a copy cat of judaism and christianity its easily proven

[XxowenpkzxX]

shut the fuck up ur probz one of them gay mullah supporters, go die no 1 likes u fucking gay dik head, the mullahs ruined iran

[B0Sajwah]

@ashburnhouse I dont agree with you :) iran is an amazing country and you should respect that ;D I admire how the people wanted to change that horrible rule from a west-built nation to a islamic-built nation. and even though arabs hate iran, but one day they will realize that the real enemy isnt them...neither the americans...i just wish the world get along....muslims and jews...arabs and westerns...isreali and Palestinians.

[Mistermax30]

Never let a senile old religious fanatic lead a revolution of young people...

[ashburnhouse]

What a terrible country. Still is, according to my Iranian friends.

[TheIRANPOWER]

@XxowenpkzxX mullahs are not gay and they cant be a mullah if they son of bitch

you are son of a bitch

[XxowenpkzxX]

@chakazulu87 at the gay sons of bitches (the mullahs)

[chakazulu87]

@XxowenpkzxX Why? At who?

[mossmusic]

Informative video. Thanks for the upload!!