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  1. 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...

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  2. 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...

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  3. 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...

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  4. 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...

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  5. 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...

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  6. 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...

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  7. 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...

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  8. Iranian embassy siege - official reaction to end (1980)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Report on official political and police reaction to the storming of the Iranian embassy in London by SAS commandos to end the siege by dissident Arab gunmen (05/05/80). Speaking are: Metropolitan Police...

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  9. TWA Flight 847 hijack -US reaction to hostage press conference (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference; Special

    Andrew Manderstam reports on reaction in the United States to a news conference at Beirut Airport featuring hostages being held in Beirut from TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on...

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  10. US freezes Iranian investments (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    US President Jimmy Carter has frozen Iranian assets in the USA. In order to do so, a national emergency was declared. But many Iranian assets are in banks overseas and not all states will want to comply with...

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