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Death of Ayatollah Khomeini and Tiananmen Square massacre

Title
Death of Ayatollah Khomeini and Tiananmen Square massacre
Genre
News report
TX Date
4 Jun 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:06:45
Description
The AM programme with Henry Kelly and Dianne Stradling, dealing with the two major international stories of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, his burial, which will take place in the next couple of days, and his predecessor, and the bloodshed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Scott Simmie reports from China.
Contributors
Dianne Stradling; Henry Kelly; Scott Simmie
Keywords
Iran; Deaths; Politics; Armed forces; China; Demonstrations; Political leadership; Protest movements; Funerals; Democracy; Beijing; Tiananmen Square; Ruhollah Khomeini

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