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In 1971, Morley Safer reported from Taiwan and interviewed the island’s ruler.
In 2011, Anderson Cooper and 60 Minutes traveled to the remote southern coast of Cuba to explore waters teeming with vibrant coral reefs.
60 Minutes has been covering the geopolitical situation in Iran for five decades. Here are some of the reports we've broadcast.
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.
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.
Just two weeks after the Iran Hostage Crisis began in November 1979, Mike Wallace spoke with Ayatollah Khomeini in this classic interview.
In 1997, Mike Wallace returned to Iran to interview President Hashemi Rafsanjani and asked whether Iran wanted to build a nuclear bomb.
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.
In 1978, Mike Wallace reported from Tehran, where rioters were trashing and burning the city in opposition to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
In 2021, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on the ballistic missile attack Iran had launched against U.S. troops in retaliation for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
