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  1. Geoffrey Howe on Salman Rushdie affair (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe talks to John Fraser about the Government’s decision to join Europe in condemning Iran and closing its mission in Tehran in response to the issuing of the fatwa on author...

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  2. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Woodley reports on Salman Rushdie’s decision not to go on an American book promotion tour after having a price put on his head by Muslim leaders over the blasphemy to Islam in his book The Satanic...

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  3. Thatcher meets with German Chancellor (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Paul Rowley reports on Margaret Thatcher’s press conference following meetings with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (with excerpts). Issues covered included concerted EEC response to Iran’s death...

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  4. Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative MP Nicholas Baker, a friend of Roger Cooper held in Iran for nearly 4 years on spying charges without trial, talks about the impact that Salman Rushdie’s book and the resulting fatwa has had...

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  5. Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Cooper, brother of Roger Cooper, held in Iran on spying charges for nearly 4 years without trial, talks to Lynne Mennie about the effect on Britons held there of the UK Government pulling all diplomats...

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  6. UK diplomats pulled out of Iran (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    British Charge d’affaires in Iran, Nick Brown, talks as he returns to the UK at Heathrow Airport about how the Ayatollah Khomeini’s death sentence on Salman Rushdie left them with no choice but to pull...

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  7. Iranian expulsions follow issuing of fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Spencer reports on worsening of Anglo-Iranian relations following the fatwa issued to Salman Rushdie over his book The Satanic Verses.Tehran has severed diplomatic relations and now Foreign Secretary...

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  8. Iranians expelled from Britain over Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Home Secretary Douglas Hurd interview on expelling Iranians closely connected with the Ayatollah Khomeini regime from the UK, 9 so far, following the issuing of the death threat against author Salman...

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  9. Demonstration against Salman Rushdie book (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Police in riot gear were called in when violent clashes broke out during a demonstration by twenty thousand Muslims who marched on Downing Street in a protest against Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic...

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  10. Journalist escapes prison (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    A journalist who was under threat of being sent to jail for protecting the source of a story he had written has had his case adjourned by a High Court judge. William Goodwin is going to the House of...

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