Missionaries on imprisonment in Iran

Title

Missionaries on imprisonment in Iran

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

28 Feb 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:24:27

Description

Steve Wood introduces a live press conference given at Heathrow Airport by 3 British Anglican missionaries who have returned after being imprisoned in Iran over alleged subversive activities with Andrew Pyke still imprisoned. Jean Waddell, John Coleman, Audrey Coleman and the special envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury who was instrumental in the release, Terry Waite, talk about their experiences. Field reporter Malcolm Brabant- not heard. Ends abruptly.

Contributors

John Coleman; Steve Wood; Terry Waite; Audrey Coleman; Jean Waddell

Keywords

Iran; Injuries; British; Archbishops; Prisons; Clergy; Robert Runcie; Hostages; Assault; Torture; Prisoners; Married women; Married men; Missionaries; Soldiers; Iranian revolution (1979); Letters (documents); Missionary work; Anglicans; Malcolm Brabant; Letter writing; Interpersonal communication; Andrew Pyke

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