Kurt Waldheim on Iranian hostage crisis
- Title
- Kurt Waldheim on Iranian hostage crisis
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 21 May 1980
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:02:11
- Description
- Interview with UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, during a visit to London, on possible solution of the siege at the American embassy in Tehran where diplomatic staff are being held hostage by Iranian gunmen and UN role in solving the crisis. Interviewer not heard. Sound is in mono.
- Contributors
- Kurt Waldheim
- Keywords
- USA; Iran; Embassies and consulates; Tehran; International relations; UN; Economic sanctions; Diplomacy; Hostages; Embassy buildings; Diplomats; Sieges
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LBC/IRN, "Kurt Waldheim on Iranian hostage crisis". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008200022014 (Accessed 13 May 2025)