Stacey Abrams: “The 1980 Iran hostage crisis was precipitated by the last…”

“Well, Mehdi, one of the other pieces I want to just anchor for everyone listening, for those who do not recall what precipitated The 1980 Iran hostage crisis was precipitated by the last time the US attempted regime change in Iran. So the major regime change, you have to go back Even further than 1980, the year that we don't talk about enough in Western media, but which every Iranian knows is 1953.” (08:25–08:42)

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