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Freedom, Independence, Islamic Republic

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Last broadcast on Tue, 19 May 2009, 09:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.

David hears how many of those who participated in the early days of the revolution subsequently faced persecution at the hands of the fundamentalist regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini and had to escape to Britain.

A Wise Buddah Creative production for BBC Radio 4.

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  1. Tue 13 Jan 2009
    15:45
  2. Tue 19 May 2009
    09:30

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