Shocking Footage on Iranian Hostage Crisis

This video features an ABC news report broadcasted in 1979 during the ongoing Iranian Hostage Crisis. It releases footage of Iranian demonstrators gathering around the U.S embassy as well as demonstrators burning an American flag. An interview of a recently released embassy interpreter offers intriguing insight as to her personal experience with the situation. The video concludes discussing the strained U.S relations with Iran and gives a timeline of events leading up to the crisis. While objective in most respects, the portrayal of international tension as well as a depiction of disunity between U.S politicians injure President Carter’s public image.