to be stopped welcome hieron reportedly uses child soldiers and so did the revolutionary revolutionary united front the group you faced off with in sierra leone did you ever have to engage a unit that includes children i mean how tough is it for a soldier to face them on a battlefield is the person and his size the child first and the soldier second or vice versa. in africa or young people as being combatants for ever in sierra leone we found that the immediacy. it's really hard for the soldier in a complex situation in a battle situation to distinguish the age of the opponent all the seasons the shutter with a gun firing at him and he's completely within he's what i said are these internationally has the right to defend himself well to attack that objective and kill that person turns out to be a twelve year old like a forty seven it's heartbreaking but unfortunately unavoidable it has happened and it will continue to happen because these are not standing armies these are not people that play by the rules yes they recruit children children are responsible for my age of atrocities and they follow a

front steps by the revolutionary students. in return for their american hostages' freedom, they're demanding the united states give up the deposediran from his hospital bed in new york to stand trial before a people's court. >> amidst the iranian revolution, america's closest ally in the region, the shah of iran, is basically toppled. both the shah and the united states seem to be completely aloof to the revolutionary fervor, the religiosity capturing the thoughts of iranians. >> khomeini said the new iranian islamic republic would be inspired by the stern religious principles of islam, nothing else. >> ayatollah khomeini became the enemy of the united states the minute he replaced the shah. he gave a series of sermons that condemned the loss of iranian sovereignty. >> when khomeini saw large crowds gathering in support in front of the embassy, he made the decision, i'm not going to stand against this wave, i'm going to ride it. >> there has been a persistent belief in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was plotting to restore the shah to power here. >> from the iranian standpoint, it wasn't terrorism.