How It Really Happened

Season 8 Episode 10: Iran Hostages: The Dangerous Journey Home

When Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, they took the Embassy staff hostage and held them for 444 days. Only a handful managed to escape, but they were trapped in Iran until the CIA came up with a daring plan to bring them home. This top-secret mission was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film Argo. In this episode, several former hostages detail their time in captivity, and three of the Tehran Six escapees tell of their daring rescue.

Genre:

Crime, Mystery, Documentary

Seasons:

8

Episodes:

85

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

42 min

First Air:

2017

Rating:

7.2