Iran President orders a team to calculate all damages inflicted on Iran in the 1941 Allied invasion. Siamak Dehghanpour Hosts debate with historians Abbas Milani and Majid Tafreshi.
« Iran suffered immensely after it was invaded by the Allies during World War II and deserves reparations, » Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a live broadcast on state television Saturday. The hard line Iranian President has ordered the formation of a team to study the damages the country suffered from the 1941 Allied invasion in order to demand compensation. Ahmadinejad also warned that Iran may also demand compensation for the damages it suffered during World War I, the Western support for the former Pahlavi Dynasty and its hostility towards Iran since the1979 Islamic revolution.
VOA’s OFOGH : Siamak Dehghanpour Hosts Abbas Milani and Majid Tafreshi On Iran’s Demands WW2 Reparations
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A BRIDGE TO VICTORY
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World Leaders Meet In Iran (1943)
Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt meet in the capital ofIran to decide the future of the world.
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CHILDREN OF TEHRAN
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British News Reel Shows Polish Refugees Arrive in Iran :
During the World War 2 , After the German Nazi occupied Poland , thousands of Poles including Jews escaped Poland to take refuge in Iran. Many also Fled the Soviets and their pogroms and political witch hunts. This is a historical film of their journey.
Fascinating footage shows 350 Polish refugees bidding goodbye to their friendsand relatives and leave Tehran for Palestine at the Tehran railroad station.(March 27, 1944)
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COMPENSATION ? (See (by Robert TAIT (Guardian))
