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USA stubborn stance on Kuwait (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast on US frustration over the situation in the Persian Gulf and drop in opinion polls for George Bush. US Defence Secretary James Baker...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Muslims’ anger at Salman Rushdie novel (1989)

Genre

Interview

Tens of thousands of Muslims will take to the streets of London tomorrow for a massive demonstration against the controversial Salman Rushdie novel, The Satanic Verses. Muslims believe the book is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Freed French hostage calls for release of Britons (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Margaret Shiels reports on the visit of freed French hostage Jean-Paul Kauffman to London at the invitation of the Friends of John McCarthy. Includes Kauffman speaking via translator- says the British ought...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Audio of the Decade - nd [1980-1984 ]

IRN Audio of the Decade 1980-1984. Events of 1980: Ronald Reagan winning the Presidential race. Jimmy Carter losing. Princess Diana been followed by the Press. End of the Iranian Embassy seige/Malcolm...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Roger Cooper on time in Iranian prison (1991)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Trailer

Peter Deeley interviews guest Briton Roger Cooper, businessman and freelance reporter on his kidnap 5 years ago in Tehran after being accused of spying, what his imprisonment was like, his expulsion and his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

AM programme on release of US hostages in Iran (1981)

Genre

Advertisement; Documentary; Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech; Trailer

LBC’s AM programme, presented by Bob Holness, on the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as US President. John Greenwood reports on the release of the American hostages in Tehran, and the first day of Reagan’s...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

John McCarthy marks 4 years in captivity (1990)

Genre

Interview; Music; News report

Report on a service at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street to mark the start of Lebanon hostage John McCarthy’s fifth year in captivity and calls for a change in UK foreign policy to talk with the Iranians...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ronald Reagan on Irangate and USA-USSR arms treaty (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Report on first public statement by US President, Ronald Reagan (excerpts heard), following the revealing of the Irangate scandal; he tried to deflect attention by concentrating on the Soviet proposal to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Woodley reports on Salman Rushdie’s decision not to go on an American book promotion tour after having a price put on his head by Muslim leaders over the blasphemy to Islam in his book The Satanic...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Iranian response to news of failed US hostage rescue attempt (1980)

Genre

News report

Roger Cooper reports on the failed attempt to rescue US Embassy staff being held hostage in Tehran. Iranian officials initially disbelieved news of the mission, claiming it was impossible for American planes...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio