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39,247 results found for all records.
Saudi Arabia unrest (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about two recent major events in Saudi Arabia: the attack on Mecca, and Shi’ite demonstrations in the eastern provinces and warning if the Saudi royal family (who are Sunni Muslims) were to be...
Ayatollah Khomeini (1979)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview
Two (apparently continuous) clips from LBC News Radio, in which Clark Todd? (in Iran) talks to Brian Hayes about the Ayatollah Khomeini’s success in becoming Iran’s ultimate authority; the enormous...
Thomas Leo Ahern spy charge (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on evidence on which Iranian militants base their accusation that Thomas Leo Ahern - a US Embassy staff member with (allegedly) a Belgian passport - is a spy.
Shahriar Shafiq assassination (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the assassination in France of Prince Shahriar Shafiq, nephew of the Shah of Iran, on 07/12/79. Male reporter not identified.
Iran embassy hostages (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
2 interview clips, apparently consecutive, on a telephone conversation (by NBC?) with Bruce Laingen, US Charge d’Affaires, held hostage at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Office in Tehran; lack of...
Iran hostage crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified American speaker on the possibility of unspecific military action by the USA in response to the US embassy hostage-taking in Tehran. Male interviewer not identified.
Iran hostage crisis boosts Carter’s popularity (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on Jimmy Carter’s declaration of candidacy for re-election to the Presidency. Carter and Edward Kennedy are now running neck-and-neck in the opinion polls, largely due to Carter’s ‘firm’...
Iran hostage interview causes controversy (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the American response to the NBC interview with US embassy hostage William Gallegos, recorded in Tehran. There has been particular concern expressed about the conditions under which NBC obtained...
Kennedy and the Ayatollah (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a letter (or telegram) alleged by the Iranians to have been sent to the Ayatollah Khomeini by Senator Edward Kennedy, expressing support for the Islamic Revolution. Kennedy has denied any such...
American-British-Iranian relations (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male American on American-British-Iranian relations including Iranians considering economic blockades against them ineffective; the visit of a Kentucky couple to Iran, allegedly to visit...