LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Farzad Bazoft executed in Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Tribute

TX Date

15 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Gareth Furby reports on the reaction to the hanging of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Iraq after being accused of espionage. With comment and tributes from Iraqi Ambassador to London, Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi; Observer editor Donald Trelford; Observer workers including George Pitcher, Industrial Editor.

Contributors

Donald Trelford; Gareth Furby; Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi; George Pitcher

Keywords

Newspapers; UK; Hanging; Espionage; Executions; Journalists; Iraq; The Observer; Farzad Bazoft; Hangings

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