Hostages

Season 1, Episode 2

Episode Title: Part Two: Den of Spies

Air Date: 2022-09-28

Overview:

November 1979. In protest of the United States’ long-standing relationship with the now-deposed Shah, an Iranian student group plans a 48-hour sit-in at the American embassy in Tehran. But what starts as a political statement quickly turns into chaos as Khomeini’s regime sanctions the embassy takeover and uses it to shore up power.