Gulf War: Martyrdom Movement

In Iran the United State's presence in the Gulf is said to be bringing more into the fundamentalist fold. A report from a big prayer meeting lead by the Iranian Parliamentary speaker Hasemi Rafsanjani SIMMONS,ANDREW

Old man & young child in audience Tehran chanting and clapping hands PULL OUT more at prayer meeting MS Hasemi Rafsanjani (Speaker of the Iranian Parliament) speaking from pulpit at meeting TGV Mass crowd kneeling with raised hands & chanting at meeting TMS New volunteer soldier (wearing uniform & headbands) kneeling & chanting at meeting MS Iraqui POW's shaking fists and chanting at meeting (Forced to do it) PULL OUT CMS Soldier chanting and shaking fists MS SIDE Two men in wheelchairs chanting and raising fists - b/g others kneeling Martydom MS Hand holding painting symbolising war dead Foundation MS Painting showing woman protecting child as smoke in b/g CBV Man painting portrait of soldier who died as holding photo of him CMS Photo of dead soldier in Painters hand MS Widow woman (wearing traditional dress) holding baby and sitting with two children ZOOM IN woman MS Widow and children as man sitting next to them CMS Little boy CMS Ditto Prayer TGV People bowing to Mecca Meeting CMS Hand fingers string of 'holy' beads - b/g another ditto CMS Rafsanjani speaking at meeting TMS Iranians chanting and raising fists at meeting PAN R-L more TMS Iraqui POW's beating chests and chanting CMS ANDREW SIMMONS I/C SOF "This Rafsanjani -- situation" + SIGN OFF

Date: 22/08/1987

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