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639. Revolution in Iran: Death in the Desert (Part 4)
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639. Revolution in Iran: Death in the Desert (Part 4)

The Rest Is History

January 29, 20261h 12mExplicit

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Show Notes

How did America respond after the American Embassy in Tehran was seized, and American citizens taken hostage? Would the hostages survive? And, what became of the Iranian Revolution, and Ayatollah Khomeini?


Join Dominic and Tom, as they unfold the climactic conclusion to the Iranian Revolution, and America’s attempts to bring its hostages home.


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