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World Service,01 Dec 2011,10 mins

The US Embassy in Tehran

Witness History

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In 1979 student demonstrators attacked the American Embassy in Iran. They held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Barry Rosen was the US Press Attache - he spoke to Witness about his time in captivity. A hostage is paraded in front of the press: MPI/Getty Images

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