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In an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, former president, Jimmy Carter, talks about the truth behind the 2012 film, “Argo,” the political thriller film directed by Ben Affleck that won Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards. Carter was president when the events of “Argo” took place, which was when a fake movie crew flew to Tehran, Iran to film a fake movie, “Argo,” so that they could rescue six U.S. diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1981. Carter says that he loved the film and that most of it was accurate, but that the main difference was that 90% of the contributions to the plan to rescue the hostages were conceived by the Canadian government, whereas the movie gives almost full credit to the U.S. government.

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Ted Koppel describes the setting of the Iran Hostage Crisis, the event that led to his first job as an anchor, and what it was like to report on the 444 day long situation. What began as ABC's special Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage broadcast, later evolved into Nightline on March 24, 1980. Koppel became the anchor a few days into the show's inception, after Frank Reynolds stopped hosting the broadcast.

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Peter Hahn discusses the written and video diary hostage Robert Ode kept during the Iranian hostage crisis. Hahn explains the importance of the diary from a historical perspective. The 115 page diary chronicles the 444 days Ode was a captive until his release on January 20, 1981.

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Ted Koppel, whose program Nightline was initially created to keep track of the Iranian hostage crisis, recalls what happened at the end of the crisis and comments on the legacy of Iran and America's actions during the event. For 444 days 52 American diplomats were held captive until their negotiated release on January 20, 1981.

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Rosalynn Carter recalls what it was like to have only sporadic news updates about the Iranian Hostage Crisis and remembers speaking to the families of the hostage victims when her husband, President Jimmy Carter, could not. The crisis began on November 4, 1979 and lasted until January 20, 1981, a total of 444 days.

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Barry Rosen, an American diplomat during the Iran hostage crisis, describes what happened during the attack and recalls what it was like to be held captive for 444 days. Beginning on November 4, 1979 the Iran hostage crisis lasted until January 20, 1981.

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