Surviving Disaster

Surviving Disaster· Season 1 · Episode 6

Iran Hostage Rescue

S01E06·February 21, 2006·1h·BBC One

In November 1979, Iranian militants seized the US embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage. President Carter ordered an elite US military force to launch a top-secret rescue, Operation Eagle Claw. This re-creation of the dramatic events splices the action with archive footage of those directly involved.

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