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On April 24, 1980, the US military mounted a daring attempt to rescue 52 American hostages who had been held for more than six months in the US Embassy in Tehran. The effort failed and led to the deaths of eight American servicemen. Although the hostages were eventually freed on January 20, 1981, the experience of pain and humiliation engendered by these events continues to cloud US-Iran relations. A new documentary, Desert One, examines this history from both the Iranian and US perspectives. View the film, which is currently live and available for pay-for-viewing, and then watch this virtual panel discussion with the director, a former hostage, a member of the rescue team and an Iranian expert on US-Iran relations.
A conversation with
Nasser Hadian
Professor
University of Tehran
Barbara Kopple
Director
“Desert One”
Ambassador (Ret.) John Limbert
US State Department and US Naval Academy
Col. (Ret.) Ed Sieffert
United States Marine Corps
Moderated by
Barbara Slavin
Director, Future of Iran Initiative
Atlantic Council
Introduction by
Ambassador (Ret.) Stuart Eizenstat
Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
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