US response to escalating hostilities between Iran and Iraq

Title

US response to escalating hostilities between Iran and Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Sep 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:38

Description

Report on the United States response to the escalating hostilities between Iran and Iraq. Includes speeches by State Department assistant spokesman John Cannon; US Secretary of State, Edmund Muskie. Male reporter not identified (poss. Andrew Manderstam).

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam?; Edmund Muskie; John Cannon

Keywords

USA; Iran; International relations; Jimmy Carter; Hostages; Wars (events); Iraq; Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)

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