Son Doong, the world’s largest cave passage — big enough to fit a skyscraper — is deep inside a Vietnamese jungle. Exploring the dark caverns, home to beautiful rock formations and a river, takes days. Source link
In 1976, Mike Wallace interviewed Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and asked him if his secret police force, SAVAK, had ever used torture. Source link
In 1974, Mike Wallace traveled to Iran for his first interview with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Arab oil embargo was ongoing, and Wallace asked the Shah about the oil profits Iran was making. Source link
In 2015, Steve Kroft interviewed Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on the heels of the landmark nuclear deal Iran had signed with six world powers. Source link
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) | 60 Minutes Archive – CBS News Watch CBS News Just two weeks after the Iran Hostage Crisis began in November 1979, Mike Wallace spoke with Ayatollah Khomeini in this classic interview. Source link
In March 1980, the U.S. hostages in Iran had been held for four months. Mike Wallace’s report asked why so many Iranians endorsed their captivity. Source link
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2007) | 60 Minutes Archive – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2007, Scott Pelley interviewed Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and pressed him on whether he would pledge not to test a nuclear weapon. Source link
These three 60 Minutes stories illustrate how revolutionary powers came to be and help explain the current day conflict in Iran. From 1974 and 1976, Mike Wallace’s interviews with the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. And from 1979, Wallace’s interview with Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, just weeks after the Iran Hostage Crisis began. Source link
Inside the Tower | Sunday on 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Close calls between planes and helicopters have continued a year after the deadly midair collision near Washington Reagan National Airport. 60 Minutes investigates. Sunday. Source link
60 Minutes and 60 Minutes Overtime have reported on the immigration and border policy of the Trump administration leading up to and during President Trump’s second term in office. Here are some of those stories. While running for re-election in October 2024, President Donald Trump pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants. His plan was … Read more