Our Man in Tehran

2013
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

283

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Documentary History

The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored.The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored.The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored.

Directors
- Drew Taylor
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Drew Taylor
- Robert Wright
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

283

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Drew Taylor
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Drew Taylor
- Robert Wright
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 9 wins total

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Assadollah Alam

Self
(archive footage)

Bob Anders

Self

Jimmy Carter

Self
(archive footage)

Joe Clark

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self
(archive footage)

William Daugherty

Self

Massoumeh Ebtekar

Self
(archive footage)

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Self
(archive footage)

Carole Jerome

Self

Sadegh Khalkhali

Self
(archive footage)

Ayatollah Khomeini

Self
(archive footage)
(as Ruhollah Khomeyni)

Flora MacDonald

Self

Tony Mendez

Self

Richard Nixon

Self
(archive footage)

Farah Pahlavi

Self
(archive footage)
(as Empress Farah)

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Self
(archive footage)
(as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Self
(archive footage)

Anwar Sadat

Self
(archive footage)

Directors
- Drew Taylor
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Drew Taylor
- Robert Wright
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Trivia
"Our Man in Tehran" covers the same events dramatized by director Ben Affleck in "Argo." The title refers to Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran. US President Jimmy Carter called Taylor "our man in Tehran" because he provided intelligence to the US government following the takeover of the US embassy in Iran.

Goofs
During the sequence discussing the sale of F14 fighters to Shah-era Iran, there are many shots of F4 Phantoms instead. No F14s are shown during the whole sequence.

Connections
References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Featured review

2/10

Dissapointing...

Half of this documentry is about how revolution in Iran happened and I can not believe that they changed the truth this much. First of all, you didn't even have to give half of the documentry to this matter. Second of all, when you are talking about a country's history atleast don't lie and be careful about what you are telling to your audience. It is very obvious that this documentry has a focused direction to ruin the image of the previous regime and also praise Carter at the same time like he was a hero. Most of the information about the previous regime and how revolution happened is wrong. I don't recommend this documentry at all.