P4/6 Iran and Britain - ایران و بریتانیا

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Documentary in which writer and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught but often surprisingly intimate history of Britain's relations with Iran, and asks why Iranians think that if something goes wrong in Iran then Britain must have something to do with it.

De Bellaigue has lived in Tehran, speaks fluent Persian and knows well the phenomenon of 'Uncle Napoleonism', the notion that the cunning British are 'out to get you' that has been a common attitude in Iranian society for 100 years.

He looks at some key events in the relationship, notably Britain's role in the overthrow of several Iranian governments, its control of Iran's oil and the on-off support for Iran's democrats.

Meeting prominent Iranians, including Uncle Napoleon's inventor and others with direct knowledge of these events, he examines the foundations and justification for these Iranian suspicions and asks if they are still there after 30 years of isolation.

Broadcast on: BBC Four, 10:00pm Saturday 14th February 2009

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[MalteSer001]

@87fg . i cant be racial against muslims . im maltese . my language is half arabic . only difference is that we write it like the europeans do . i recently got to know that our language sounds similar to lebanese .

wiehed , tnejn , tlieta , erbgha .

:)

i just wanted to know what he said

[87fg]

I'm not being hostile. Just realize that it is a larger world outside your country. The statement implied some sort of racial antagonism. Farsi is a beautiful language. The only thing keeping humanity apart is racism, economic turmoil, and constant warfare.

[MalteSer001]

@87fg thats what keepin us apart tho init ? fuck redemption and fuck what the old people did to you and me . we have the right to be friends . Not automatically be apart because some scumbag fat bob says so .

[87fg]

Everyone in the world does not speak English.

[iiNDiTC]

good series

[MalteSer001]

if you write in english maybe everybody would understand :P

[hadinili]

این همون مستندیه که نسخه فارسی‌اش (نه ترجمه فارسی‌اش‌ها) با عنوان «کار، کار انگلیسی‌هاست» در نخستین روزهای پخش تلویزیون فارسی بی‌بی‌سی پخش شد. از دستش دهید! کاش کسی نسخه فارسی‌اش رو هم می‌جست و یوتیوبش می‌کرد