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Terror in Iran

Revolutionary courts and executions in Iran, the great African-American singer Paul Robeson, a President in Crimea, and the day that Abba won Eurovision.

Revolutionary courts and executions in Iran, the great African-American singer Paul Robeson, an elected President in Crimea, early CGI filmmakin, and the day that Abba won Eurovision.

Photo: Habib Elghanian, Jewish Iranian businessman, executed in May 1979 in Iran. Image courtesy of the Elghanian family.

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Sun 11 May 201401:06GMT
BBC World Service Online

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