Part Three: The Sand Storm
Hostages | Season 1 | Episode 3

Part Three: The Sand Storm

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As pressure mounts to resolve the crisis, the Carter administration launches an ill-fated military rescue mission.


Part One: The Peacock Throne
1.Part One: The Peacock Throne

In the 1970s, the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the explosion of the Iranian Revolution frays the deep ties between Iran and the U.S.

Part Two: Den of Spies
2.Part Two: Den of Spies

1979. With Iran now under Khomeini's rule, a 48-hour sit-in at the American embassy in Tehran snowballs into an international crisis.

Part Three: The Sand Storm
3.Part Three: The Sand Storm

The episode focuses on President Jimmy Carter's administration.

Part Four: The Transaction
4.Part Four: The Transaction

A year into the siege, the entrenched stalemate in Iran looms over the 1980 presidential election.

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