Director Roel van Broekhoven and Thomas Erdbrink have made an intimate and revealing portrait of the country. >> ERDBRINK AND SOMAYEH: >> ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK: >> SOMAYEH: >> Next time, in part two of "Our Man in Tehran.". Erdbrink is a regular contributor to CNN and NPR. A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular A neurosurgeon with a passion for literature tragically finds his perfect subject after his diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. >> (chuckling) >> Filmed over four years. As long as the country was isolated, they could blame the West for everything going wrong in Iran. In this gripping new documentary, the story of the Canadian Caper is told by the man who knows it best: Ken Taylor, Canadas former ambassador to Iran, who hid the six Americans in his official residence and obtained the counterfeit documents that allowed them to make their dramatic escape from Tehran. Quality of life means more than just consumption: Two MIT economists urge that a smarter, more politically aware economics be brought to bear on social issues. Especially timely during current world tensions between nations whose mutual hostilities could yield an outcome similar to the true tale told here. Library Journal (starred review)Wright crafts an informative narrative of Taylors formal protests of the egregious violation of international diplomacy that the embassy invasion represented and his surreptitious succor to the Americans. Booklist[A] thrilling account of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis that focuses on the little-known role of Canadian diplomats in protecting AmericansA well-constructed history of a remarkable story, the repercussions of which are still felt today. Kirkus ReviewsIlluminating[Wright] has stepped into the breach in retelling a much-told story, but with convolutions not previously exposed.Americandiplomacy.orgAs the current nuclear crisis deepens, policy makers as well as students of history will find much to reflect on herehow 1953 led to 1979, and how both condition what may happen in 2011Detailed and riveting. Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Pakistan and Iraq, and US envoy to AfghanistanWright offers new information on nearly every page, including the first credible explanation of how the failed hostage rescue might have succeeded. (laughing) >> ERDBRINK: It was in one of the most isolated countries in the world. Copy a link to this video to your clipboard, Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The title refers to Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran. She can tell you with one look that she loves you. The senior producer is FRONTLINE executive producer at large David Fanning. They did, eight months before he died, which was less than two years after the original diagnosis. Ayatollah Khomeini understood this like no other. in journalism, Hogeschool of Utrecht. But thanks to my marriage to Newsha, I discovered behind those barriers a completely different world. The fact of death is unsettling, he understates. According to him, the leader of the revolution was a modest man. >> But Thomas, you can't deny that you're a Westerner yourself, so you are always being influenced by these Western clichs in your reporting. >> ERDBRINK: Once upon a time, I met a girl. [1], The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] but was distributed to general audiences as a television film on The Movie Network. We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. With their backs to the camera, they had to express their deepest regrets. Education: B.A. >> ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK AND MAN: >> MAN: >> That's it, then you're >> ERDBRINK: This is the neighborhood where I found myself a first place to stay. >> ERDBRINK: If you're feeling miserable in Iran, desperately searching for consolation, not sure about the future, there is at least one place where you can go. We are experiencing technical difficulties. In the course of making Our Man in Tehran he travelled to Iran more than 10 times between 2014 and 2018. With the world once again focused on these two countries, this book is the stuff of John le Carr and Daniel Silva . And every Friday, he makes sure he's right there at the front. But remember, this ideology dictates what should be done. Your personal freedom and space are determined by the state, which explains its authority by invoking the will of God. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. Chronicles the true story behind Argo's Hollywood embellishments by looking at the efforts of the venerable Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, who personally sheltered six American diplomats in the operation that became known as "the Canadian Caper." There, you would never see men and women hugging or kissing. In this case, that's Supreme Leader Khamenei. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | Discuss Frankl's use of the parable of Death in Tehran to illustrate the role of fate in the prisoners' experience in the concentration camp. >> ERDBRINK: (chanting) >> ERDBRINK: Perhaps it is not surprising Mr. Big Mouth is choosing the supreme leader over the poet. >> ERDBRINK: (laughing) >> WOMAN: >> ERDBRINK: (laughing) >> ERDBRINK: >> WOMAN AND ERDBRINK: (laughing) >> MAN AND WOMAN: >> WOMAN 2: >> WOMAN 1: >> WOMAN AND ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK AND WOMAN: >> ERDBRINK AND WOMAN: >> WOMAN AND ERDBRINK: >> Is there any news from your colleague from "The Washington Post" since yesterday? "No Argo here: New doc sets the record straight on the Iran hostage crisis", "Docs 'Our Man in Tehran,' 'Tales from the Organ Trade' split Screen Awards", "Our Man in Tehran gives Ken Taylor his due at TIFF", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our_Man_in_Tehran&oldid=1164759148, This page was last edited on 10 July 2023, at 23:10. Instagram: @frontlinepbs | YouTube: youtube.com/frontline. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. >> Because I'm happy Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Because I'm happy >> ERDBRINK: So when the American singer Pharrell released his big hit "Happy," young Iranians made their own version of it. Additional funding More. In 2017, the Supreme Leader appears in person at the funeral of the beheaded martyr to console the widow and his two-year-old son. In this two-night documentary special, Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. Deal or no deal, it will definitely be an end to the status quo as we have seen it now. They have two cats and two dogs. And these are all things that we are not allowed to film. There are always some suspicious officials who refuse to believe us and tell us we are not allowed to film. Our Man in Tehran reads like a Cold War thriller, and Wright is scrupulously fair in his portrayal of Iranians and their motives. When I said that to a mullah once, he said, "Don't think that climbing a mountain "brings you closer to God. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. It's almost as if the thick glass partition that is there to safeguard the physical distance between men and women on the set continues out there in the real world. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. Because God can't be everywhere at the same time. Before he started working for U.S. media, Erdbrink wrote for Dutch publications. In this country, the government is watching you 24/7. With limited intelligence resources available on the ground and anti-American sentiment growing, President Carter turned to Taylor to work with the CIA in developing their exfiltration plans. Robert Wright, by Up front, we meet Ms. Sadjadi, who has been a truck driver for 25 years. [2] It was released in the United States on May 15, 2015.[3]. Its a view of Iranian society that will both surprise and intrigue viewers inside a 12-step AA meeting in a country where drinking alcohol is banned; following a young woman who decides to challenge the compulsory Islamic headscarf law; experiencing the explosive popularity of Instagram among a new generation of Iranians; or meeting a volunteer soldier who has just come back from multiple tours in Iraq and Syria and talks about martyrdom with his wife and young children nearby. Then you don't know what is the punishment for anything wrong I do. Since the 1979 revolution, America has become the number-one scapegoat and is blamed for just about everything in Iran. In 1979, the Iranian Revolution erupted. Here at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in the south of Tehran, the martyrs are buried side by side in endless numbers. Our Man in Tehran - Part 1 (2018) Plot Showing all 0 items Jump to: Summaries It looks like we don't have any Plot Summaries for this title yet. & Directors The United States found itself handcuffed by a fractured, fundamentalist government it could not understand and had completely underestimated. One of the first things I had to swallow was the sudden arrest of Jason Rezaian, my colleague from "The Washington Post.". That was the traditional solution to the problem. Home Video DVDs of Our Man in Tehranare available from ShopPBS. Over the course of four years beginning in 2014, he was able to get permission to travel with a crew from Dutch television around the country, meeting people and hearing stories about their lives and hopes and fears, in one of the most isolated countries in the world. >> MAN: >> ERDBRINK: She's the biggest star in Iranian cinema. >> All right, Thomas Erdbrink of "The New York Times," thank you very much. PUBLIC POLICY | Inside, women are dancing, they're wearing sports clothes. >> ERDBRINK: I happen to know somebody with a pair of those male hands. >> NEWSHA: >> ERDBRINK: Here it was all dust and sand and people, arriving by bus to see the eclipse. And the women bus, of course, everybody got out first. Through their words and others' from that time, the events of that crisis are told as Canada found itself in the midst of an international intrigue that defied all conventional understanding. Adjust the colors to reduce glare and give your eyes a break. Occasionally wonky but overall a good case for how the dismal science can make the world lesswell, dismal. "Our Man in Tehran," a FRONTLINE Series with The New York Times' Thomas Erdbrink, Gives a Rare and Revealing Look at Life in Iran This summer, as tensions rise between the United States. Besides the elected government, there is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Season 2018 Episode 14 | 1h 54m 47s Curiosity brought Erdbrink, a young Dutch journalist, to Iran. (singing) Two months later, much to Big Mouth's regret, President Obama signed the nuclear deal, lifting sanctions against Iran. Magazine Subscribers (How to Find Your Reader Number), Bill Gates Shares His Summer Reading List. But usually, after a bit of waiting, some discussions and many phone calls, we part the best of friends and are free to carry on. While the sanctions were meant to keep the Western world out, one Western product has always been available in Tehran: the American dollar. Copyright 2023 Kirkus Media LLC. Images of the annual celebration are shown worldwide, reinforcing the Western image of an aggressive nation ruled by revolutionary fanatics. And a young guy came up to me and said, "Are you Michael Jackson? Our Man in Tehran (TV Mini Series) - Plot Summary - IMDb Edit Our Man in Tehran Plot Showing all 0 items Jump to: Summaries It looks like we don't have any Plot Summaries for this title yet. >> ERDBRINK AND MAN: >> ERDBRINK: Of course what I'm doing here is not just covering the windows with film against the sun. Because we both have different ideas, different-- and we don't really compromise with each other. You know, when I was a little child, it was almost this, like that it is now. DVD/Blu-ray Release Calendar: September 2015. "The water will come back in a week," they say, "or maybe in a few days, or no, in a month, and then it will stay forever.". >> It appears that the captain of that ship followed the rules and, though a tragedy followed, did what he had to do to protect American life. How does a true believer in Iran's theocracy confront what even he admits is a losing battle against modernity and his government's nuclear deal with "the Great Satan" and . No F14s are shown during the whole sequence. >> ERDBRINK: >> MAN: >> ERDBRINK: Every Iranian owns copies of Hafez' poems. RELEASE DATE: Jan. 19, 2016. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; Park Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Once more, I realize what a bold move she made by leaving her family and Dolat Abad behind. Read Before You Stream: Kids Books With New TV and Movie Adaptations, Browse All Our Lists, Essays, and Interviews. With humor and curiosity, he shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The US may discard any or all of the drawn cards, after revealing the discarded card(s) to the USSR player, without triggering the Event(s). As the one-year anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville approaches, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate those behind the violence. If you want to understand the concept of martyrdom, you can travel to a city like Khomeini Shahr-- named after Ayatollah Khomeini-- on the day of Ashura. >> SOMAYEH: >> ERDBRINK: >> ERDBRINK AND SOMAYEH: (laughing) >> ERDBRINK: I want to find out more about this dusty, conservative little town where she grew up. There is less and less risk takers, less and less people are eager to speak out their minds. His last reporting for the Times ran on Feb. 16, 2019. >> ERDBRINK: But that means no one will be able to see it. The senior producer for VPRO is Nicole Prints. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed society of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living under theocratic leaders. Basically, there is always something to argue about. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Ford Foundation. Check box if your review contains spoilers, Our Man In Tehran is an in-depth, intimate exploration of the true story behind Ben Afflecks Oscar-winning film Argo. (pop song continues) (pop song stops) Three weeks later, the water was gone again. In Tehran, a car is much more than a mode of transport. Our Man In Tehran is an in- depth, intimate exploration of the true story behind Ben Affleck's Oscarwinning film ARGO. It is also possible to buy "Our Man in Tehran" on Apple TV as download or rent it on Apple TV online. When the Iranian student radicals freed the American captives, in January 1981, the crisis faded from public view. As a result, the role of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor was relegated to a historical footnote. Thomas Erdbrink is one of the last Western journalists living in Iran. By what name was Our Man in Tehran (2013) officially released in Canada in English? And this is also part of the tradition, part of the culture. ", And then I thought, okay, I can say, "No," or I can say, "Yes. According to him, he was only there to protect the holy Shia shrines. Esther Duflo Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Summary: Our Man In Tehran is an in-depth, intimate exploration of the true story behind Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film Argo. Additional funding . In this two-part. And I even think that women are allowed to watch me. 1x FRONTLINE Our Man in Tehran (Part One) Season 2018 Episode 14 | 1h 54m 47s | My List Watch Preview Thomas Erdbrink is one of the last Western journalists living in Iran. >> Thomas Erdbrink, welcome to the program and thank you for joining me. Tuesday, August 14, 2018, from 9-11 p.m. Find a complete guide to TV and movie titles heading to Blu-ray and DVD Film Friday (5/15): This Week's New Movies & Trailers. (Iranian pop song playing) For a while, things were back to normal. By clicking SIGN UP,I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random Houses, certain categories of personal information, discloses, sells, or shares certain personal information. >> ERDBRINK: Of course, the U.S. will never forget nor forgive the occupation of their embassy. Barnes & Noble. See production, box office & company info, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, Former KGB Spy Rates 9 Russian Spy Scenes in Movies, STOP the AUTO Correction to American English Spelling PLEASE IMDb. It's very hard to get a word in here-- people come up to you and ask you all kinds of questions like, "What are you doing here? Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored. And it was Thomas, and he was signing-- he was giving signature as if he's Michael Jackson and was doing moon dancing. Thank you for helping us improve PBS Video. And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week. He sets the stage for the conflagration by looking back to 1953, when the CIA deposed the elected nationalist Mohammed Mosaddegh in favor of Shah Pahlavi, correctly perceived as in line with U.S. Economics can be put to use in figuring out these big-issue questions. Although the poet died 800 years ago, hundreds of visitors gather here every day, each of them harboring a secret wish. Closed Captioning. Wright argues that his actions in sheltering six U.S. diplomats whod avoided the initial assault on the embassy were selfless and intrepid and set a high standard for diplomatic nobility. News And Public Affairs Episodes May 30, 2023 Informative but tedious talking-head doc Our Man in Tehran is for anyone who watched Argo and then wished to hear a ditzy, history-obsessed uncle ramble about the real-life political stakes of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Not only foreign journalists are not allowed to film, no one is technically allowed to film those. The writer and director is Roel van Broekhoven. The first part of the FRONTLINE documentary Our Man in Tehran aired as a series in 2015 and won the top television prize in the Netherlands, and was broadcast in several European countries. He is shocked to hear of the arrest and death of a friend in prison, and struggles with the consequences as the family decides to leave the country. So if I want to know if I can film Sooni without getting her into trouble, I should pay a visit to this man. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She moved into a new apartment, and I should have dropped by ages ago. Hundreds of thousands died in the desert. (crowd chanting) >> Joining us now is Tehran bureau chief for "The New York Times" >> Thomas Erdbrink, welcome to the program and thank you for joining me. Family members of those who died were given a special status. Most likely, also behind this dry river bed, a divine power is at work. For a few hours, I enjoy the sight of the impressive mountains. At least one person I know would have wholeheartedly approved of that arrest. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Iranians share their stories, hopes and fears with him over the course of four years of filming. While Pahlavi undertook the mantle of western reformer, he often chafed under neo-imperialist economic relationships, particularly where oil was concerned. Please try again later. Actually, she was so good that had she continued her studies, she probably would have become an eminent scholar instead of my assistant for "The New York Times.". GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES |

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