Shah of Iran dies in exile
- Title
- Shah of Iran dies in exile
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Obituary
- TX Date
- Jul 1980
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:22:57
- Description
- Report on the death in exile of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (27/07/80) and a look at his legacy following his overthrow during the Iranian revolution in 1979. Includes archive interview with the Shah; recording of demonstrations in Tehran and London; interview with unidentified Iranian student leader; James Adams, Eight Days Magazine; Shoja Shojai, spokesman for the pro-monarchist group Iran Coalition; Jody Powell, White House press spokesman; Dorothea Morefield, wife of Tehran hostage in Richard Morefield. Reporters include: Barry Jordan; Philip Bacon; Keith Miller; Peter Willett; Roger Cooper; Neville Keith; Andrew Manderstam; Maurice Gindi. Male presenter not identified. Sound partly in mono.
- Contributors
- Roger Cooper; Keith Miller; Andrew Manderstam; James Adams; Philip Bacon; Barry Jordan; Jody Powell; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; Dorothea Morefield; Shoja Shojai; Peter Willett; Neville Keith; Maurice Gindi
- Keywords
- Iran; Deaths; Exiles; Monarchy; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; Shah of Iran; Heads of state; Royalty; Iranian revolution (1979); Ruhollah Khomeini
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