Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran

Title

Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Paul Cooper, brother of Roger Cooper, held in Iran on spying charges for nearly 4 years without trial, talks to Lynne Mennie about the effect on Britons held there of the UK Government pulling all diplomats out of Iran in protest at the fatwa on author Salman Rushdie and how Iran is unlikely to lift the fatwa.

Contributors

Lynne Mennie; Paul Cooper

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; International relations; Freedom of expression; Novelists; Diplomacy; Islam; Diplomats; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; Roger Cooper; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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