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  1. David Owen on Iranian situation (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former UK foreign secretary Dr David Owen on the current political instability in Iran following the revolution in 1979 which saw the fall of the Shah and the takeover by Ayatollah Khomeini for the new...

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  2. Robert Runcie on condition of British hostages in Iran (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie on his request to Ayatollah Khomeini that a religious envoy might be allowed to visit the British hostages in Iran at Christmas. Female interviewer not identified.

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  3. Jon Snow on escalation of hostilities between Iran and Iraq (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Jon Snow of ITN reports on the escalation of hostilities between Iraq and Iran. He says the Iraqis have moved almost unchallenged into five key Iranian towns, and troops are ripping up photos of the...

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  4. Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sue Jameson interviews author Salman Rushdie about his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The interview was recorded before the Whitbread book awards (which he did not win) and before the death threats...

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  5. Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on...

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  6. Salman Rushdie death threat (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on reaction to the death sentence (fatwa) imposed on the author Salman Rushdie by Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini (Ruhollah Khomeini), because his book, The Satanic...

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  7. Kensington car bomb victim (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Iranian journalist, Hossein Gavami on the Kensington car bomb victim, named as Amir Hossain Amir-Parviz, a leader of the Iranian National Movement, an anti-Khomeini organisation, exile and former minister...

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  8. Iranians assassinated in Wembley (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the shootings of Iranians Ali Tavakoli - who publicly attacked Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime - and his son in their Wembley flat. Includes interviews with Commander George Churchill-Coleman of the...

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  9. Kalim Siddiqui on Salman Rushdie (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Andrew Neil Show interview with the leader of the Muslim Parliament in Britain, Dr Kalim Siddiqui, on the fourth anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman...

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  10. IRN news bulletin (1989)

    Genre
    Jingle; News bulletin; News report

    News bulletin read by Dianne Stradling containing news of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, Steven Ward reports on the implications and background; also the Tiananmen Square massacre, in which...

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