LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

UK diplomats pulled out of Iran

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:59

Description

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 out; the feelings in Iran towards Rushdie and what relations are like with Iran now. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Nick Brown

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; Ayatollah Khomeini; International relations; Freedom of expression; Novelists; Islam; Diplomats; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; Ruhollah Khomeini; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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