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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. Salman Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Woodley reports on the protests outside the Iranian embassy in New York over the Iranian death sentence on British author Salman Rushdie and a counter demonstration. Alec Dubrow, President of the...

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  8. Anglo-French summit (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Tim Marshall reports from Paris on an Anglo-French summit which was wide-ranging but went into little detail. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flew in early to view an exhibition of paintings by Paul...

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  9. Anglo-French summit (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The mini-summit of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterrand in Paris ended with both deeming it very successful. Topics discussed included NATO, Channel Tunnel, EEC,...

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  10. Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on...

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