iran

Chronicles the events surrounding the 444 days in which a group of Iranian students held Americans hostage in the U.S. embassy in Tehran and discusses how the crisis defined the Carter presidency and impacted the Reagan administration.

Explores the American-Iranian relationship from the 1940s through the Iran-Contra affair.

Presents a reconstruction of the events of August 1953 when the U.S. overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh in what was called Operation Ajax, and discusses the lasting effects of the plot, linking it to the rise of Muslim fundamentalists and terrorism in the modern world.

An account of the months in Washington and Tehran before and after the fall of the Shah, based on interviews with American and Iranian officials.

A history of United States and Iranian relations over the past quarter of a century.

A chronicle of America's experience with the Iranian revolution and the hostage drama.