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US military buildup in Persian Gulf as Iran stages exercises (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on USA military buildup in the Gulf and Iranâs mock attacks on shipping; with the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Richard Murphy, confident Iranians will...
UK minesweepers won’t be sent to Gulf (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Office Minister David Mellor on the threat to shipping in the Gulf from Iran and Iraq and decision not to send British minesweepers as requested by the USA; and the effect of decision on...
Geoffrey Howe on the Iran-Iraq War (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe answers questions on the Iran-Iraq War, following an attack by Iranians on a British tanker. Topics discussed include the possibility of an arms embargo and ceasefire....
Margaret Thatcher on Iranian attack (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher states her views on the Iran-Iraq War, following an Iranian attack on a British merchant vessel and an American attack on an Iranian vessel. Two questions posed by two...
Iranian attack on British tanker (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
On the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, Paul Maurice reports on location from the Gulf on the continually volatile situation following yesterday’s attack on a British tanker by...
Geoffrey Howe on President Ali Khamenei speech (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe responds to a summary of a speech given by the Iranian President, Ali Khamenei, which he boycotted. The UN pursues an arms embargo, and US Secretary of Defence,...
Sir Geoffrey Howe on mines in the Persian Gulf (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
In 2 parts. British Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, speaks to the UN assembly about Iran, with reference to the recent laying of mines by Iranian troops in the Persian Gulf, the closure of the Iranian...
Ben Brown reports from British tanker, Gentle Breeze (1987)
- Genre
- News report
IRN reporter Ben Brown reports from the British tanker Gentle Breeze, which was attacked by Iranian troops. Subsequently, the Iranian naval ship, Iran Ajr, was attacked by US helicopters after it was...
Captain of the Gentle Breeze on his ship being attacked (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Ben Brown speaks to the captain (surname poss. Soman) of the Gentle Breeze about the attack on his ship as it travelled through the Persian Gulf, and the lack of protection from the British Royal Navy.
Iranian patrol boats sunk by Americans (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
Three Iranian patrol boats have been sunk by a US military helicopter patrolling international airspace over the Persian Gulf, after the helicopter was fired upon by three or four Iranian vessels. There are...