Short Film News (SFN)- Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Shirvani completed the production of 444 days, a documentary on U.S. diplomats who were detained on November 4, 1979 by Iranian students at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

John W. Limbert and Lowell Bruce Laingen along with a number of other members of the embassy staff were released after spending 444 days in detention in Iran.
 
According to the documentary, Limbert has apparently let bygones be bygones and now lives with his Iranian wife. He is extremely fond of Iranian culture and speaks Persian fluently.

Limbert is currently the charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan. Previously he was the ambassador to Mauritania from 2000 to 2003.
 
The documentary, which is a production of the newly established Iranian satellite network Press TV, also highlights Laingen, who was charge d’affaires of the U.S. in the "Den of Spies".

Laingen is now an old man. He has a strong desire to once again meet his captors, who he says treated the prisoners in a humane way.

Shirvani previously directed President Mir Qanbar, which attended in several international film festivals and won awards.