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  1. Tensions at British Embassy following hostage situation in Iran (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male speaker (probably from the British Embassy in Iran) reports the Ayatollah’s views on the hostage situation. The Ayatollah supports the occupation of the Embassy, and wants the Shah to...

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  2. Iranian-US relations (1979)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference (male speaker not identified) on the American position following the Iranian revolution and taking diplomats hostage in the US embassy in Tehran. Also on upcoming US Presidential elections.

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  3. Siege at El Salvador hotel (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interview with US CNN reporter, Ronnie Lovler, about a siege at a luxury hotel in El Salvador where guerrillas of the Marxist-led Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) have been holding guests...

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  4. Woman used as human bomb in Northern Ireland (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Bruce McKendry reports on terrorists forcing a woman, by taking her husband hostage, to take a bomb into a police station in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Includes comment from local MP Ken Maginnis.

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  5. Terry Waite release (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Liberal Democrat MP, Sir David Steel, following the news of the release by kidnappers of the Church of England envoy, Terry Waite, following his abduction in Beirut, the Lebanon in 1987. He...

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  6. Siege at El Salvador hotel (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Nick Peters reports on a siege at a luxury hotel in El Salvador where guerrillas of the Marxist-led Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) have been holding guests hostage. The rebels launched a...

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  7. Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Simon Israel reports back to the studio on the return to the UK at Heathrow Airport of British hostages from a hijacked Kuwaiti Airlines jet. Mark Appleby, one of the hostages, describes the hijackers taking...

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  8. Decade (Part 2) (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Speech

    Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. This second part focuses on UK news stories including the Yorkshire Ripper, Falklands War, high unemployment, and...

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  9. Reagan inauguration and Iranian hostage release (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Special

    Report on the inauguration day of US President Ronald Reagan. Includes Reagan speech announcing the release of American hostages from Iran; taking the oath; speech by former President Jimmy Carter announcing...

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  10. Iranians angered by US freezing of assets (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    The freezing of Iranian assets in the USA has enraged Iranians. US Treasury Secretary, G William Miller says the decision was not taken to put hostages in difficulty. US State Department spokesman Hodding...

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