Part Two of TAKEN HOSTAGE uses eyewitness testimony to follow the harrowing 444-day standoff between the U.S. and Iran over the holding of 52 hostages at the American embassy in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981. The Iran Hostage Crisis would permanently rupture relations between the two countries and ignite a growing anti-American militancy across the Muslim world, setting the stage for the attacks of 9/11.
TAKEN HOSTAGE is available to stream beginning November 15, 2022 on PBS.org, the PBS Video app and pbs.org/americanexperience
