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- 4 February 1979 - 23 November 1982 (Creation)
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2 files
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Research material relating to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the subsequent conflict between the Khomeini regime and the People's Mujahedin Organisation and the National Council of Resistance. Further material relates to the Iran-Iraq War, 1980.
Material includes: printed publications; maps of Iran; copies of newspapers and newspaper clippings from various French, British, American and Iranian newspapers, including the Guardian, Le Monde, the International Herald Tribune and Iran Liberation; typescript press releases from the Observer, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom, Iran Press Service, United Kingdom's Department of Trade, United States International Communication Agency, United States Information Agency, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Subjects covered include: the Baha'i religion and religious oppression; events leading up to and during the Iran-Iraq War; economy of Iran; the Iran hostage crisis, where 52 Americans were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran; Iranian exiles describing their experiences; the activities of Iranian embassies and attempts to eliminate Khomeini's opponents in Europe and the US; Iran's prison system; and the activities of American officials and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Majority of material is in English, but there is also material in French and Persian.
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Copyright: Various
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Related units of description
Additonal material relating to Iran at telex reports OBS/6/2/2/1/2
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- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-); broadcaster (Subject)
- The Guardian (1821-); newspaper (Subject)
- The Observer (1791-); Sunday newspaper (Subject)