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Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini (1989)

Genre

News report

The Ayatollah Khomeini has finally been buried in Tehran . The burial ceremony, delayed by hours, took place with revolutionary guards battling to hold back frenzied mourners. Reporter Peter Russell...

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US Hostages in Iran - nd [Jan 1981] (1981)

Background to the 52 American hostages held in Iran. Released Jan 20th 1981 after 444 days. The hostage drama which has taken so long to resolve, began on the 4th of November of 1979. Hundreds of muslimns...

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Wife on Tehran hostage crisis (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the wife of one of the American embassy staff held hostage in Tehran (wife and hostage not identified - poss. a Christian clergyman) on spending Easter without her husband. Female interviewer...

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Tehran hostage crisis - Warren Christopher view (1980)

Genre

Interview

Peter Deeley interviews Deputy US Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the latest developments in the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran.

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Tehran hostage Richard Queen released (1980)

Genre

Interview

Andrew Manderstam interviews former hostage Richard Queen, Vice Consul at the US embassy in Tehran, following his release by Iranian militants, due to the onset of multiple sclerosis. 52 hostages remain. In...

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Iran embassy hostages (1979)

Genre

Interview

2 interview clips, apparently consecutive, on a telephone conversation (by NBC?) with Bruce Laingen, US Charge d’Affaires, held hostage at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Office in Tehran; lack of...

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Roger Cooper on US servicemen killed in Tehran (1980)

Genre

Interview; News report

Telephone interview with reporter Roger Cooper on the failed US attempt to rescue the American hostages being held in Tehran. He says reports from Tehran about how many US troops were involved in the attempt...

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Reagan admits giving weapons to Iran (1989)

Genre

Speech

US President, Ronald Reagan says he authorised the transfer of small amounts of defensive weapons to Tehran, and gives the reason for his decision.

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Diplomat Edward Chaplin kidnapped (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on diplomatic relations souring between Britain and Iran following the kidnap and charging of ambassador Edward Chaplin by revolutionary guards in Tehran. The abduction may have been in reaction to...

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Tehran hostage crisis - Jimmy Carter speech (1980)

Genre

News report; Speech

Speech by US President Jimmy Carter about the latest developments in the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran (speech made on 02/11/80- 2 days before the Presidential election to reporters at the...

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