Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join EPISODE 1: https://youtu.be/N8OW0aK-oaA EPISODE 2: https://youtu.be/VojWVIF3HSg Why and how was the American Embassy stormed in 1979, at the height of the Iranian Revolution? Did America respond when large numbers of American civil servants were taken hostage? And, would a science fiction film called Argo save the only 6 Americans able to escape…? Join Dominic and Tom, as they discuss the defining event of the Iranian Revolution: the invasion of the American Embassy on the 4th of November 1979, when American citizens were taken hostage in Tehran… Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory Video Editor: Jack Meek Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Digital & Social: Sam Oakley 00:00 Iranian Revolution explodes: the US embassy is seized 04:11 Students take hostages and ignite a global crisis 07:14 Iran after the Shah: chaos, paranoia and power struggles 12:40 Why the US embassy became the revolutionary target 18:15 The Shah in exile and Carter’s fatal dilemma 27:42 Washington misreads Tehran 29:44 4 November 1979: the embassy occupation unfolds 37:10 Carter gets the call 41:07 Khomeini embraces the crisis and crushes the moderates 47:34 America rallies, then fractures as the crisis drags on 54:15 Yellow ribbons, media frenzy and public anger 01:06:04 Carter’s wider nightmare: recession, Islamism and Soviet invasion 01:11:20 A desperate gamble: planning the hostage rescue mission