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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