LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Kennedy remarks on Iranian hostage crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Report on Edward Kennedy’s remarks the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pehlavi, should not be granted permanent exile in the USA, criticism and why he may have made them. The presidential candidate also broke an agreement not to talk about the current Iranian hostage crisis (US embassy staff held hostage in Tehran). Includes speech by Kennedy; State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III; Republican representative speech; Robert Strauss, Carter campaign co-ordinator. Andrew Manderstam reports.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Edward Kennedy; Robert Strauss; Hodding Carter III

Keywords

USA; Iran; Elections; Revolutions; Exiles; Embassies and consulates; Edward Kennedy; Hostages; Embassy buildings; Diplomats; Presidential candidates; Iranian revolution (1979); Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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