Em 4 de Novembro de 1979, quando a revolução iraniana atinge o seu ponto de ebulição, militantes invadem a embaixada dos Estados Unidos da América em Teerão e fazem reféns. Mas, no meio do caos, seis americanos conseguem escapar e encontrar refúgio na casa do embaixador canadiano. Sabendo que é só uma questão de tempo até serem encontrados e mortos, um especialista da CIA chamado Tony Mendez surge com um plano arriscado para fazê-los sair do país em segurança.
Today, Israel and the United States are Iran's enemies par excellence. Their reconciliation seems impossible. Is the history of these three countries the chronicle of a war foretold, delayed for decades but inevitable?
On November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. What was planned as a 48-hour sit-in to protest American imperialism, ballooned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days. With never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers alike, the series is a gripping chronicle of one of the most dramatic international deadlocks in American history, a deep dive into the geo-political history that led to the crisis, and an exploration of the political fallout that reverberates today.
