6ocn/Nh: Iran threat

this evening (monday 30th), 6.20-6.22pm on bbc radio 4, and 9.06-9.15pm on bbc world service radio 

six o’clock news and newshour (presented by tim franks) include …

“Iran’s defence chief has said that the killing of the country’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ‘won’t go unanswered’. Iran blames the attack on Israel, and there is evidence a driverless vehicle may have been involved. But will this latest assassination change how Iran relates to the world?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• ronen bergman, author of rise and kill first 

• journalist jason rezaian 

Holocaust photography

last tuesday (24th november), on bbc 3 tv 

through whose eyes? (in the animated thinking series)

“This five-minute film  is about the power of photography to shape how we view and remember the persecution of European Jews by the Nazi regime. It explores the role of ‘perpetrator photography’, official and private, in creating and perpetuating Anti-Semitic and other racist  biases, and  introduces the counter-cultural photography of Jewish people, who used the camera to record and defend deeply entangled German and Jewish identities.  

The film is based on Photography as Political Practice in National Socialism, the research of Professor  Maiken Umbach and colleagues from the History Department at the University of Nottingham. ”

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08z2xxt)

Nh: Iran assassination

this afternoon (saturday 28th), 1.06-1.19pm (partly repeated 9.36pm), on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by julian marshall) leads with …

“Iran’s president has blamed Israel for the killing of a top nuclear scientist on Friday, saying it would not slow down the country’s nuclear programme. Hassan Rouhani also said Iran would retaliate over Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s killing at a time of its choosing.”

including contributions from …

• analyst seyed mohammad marandi 

• journalist and author yossi melman 

Today: Iran assassination

this morning (saturday 28th), 7.04-7.05am, 7.12-7.17am, 8.03-8.04am, and 8.45-8.46am, on bbc radio 4  

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) includes …

“The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has blamed Israel for the assassination of the scientist who’s believed to have masterminded his country’s nuclear weapons programme. He warned that Iran would retaliate for the killing, and said it wouldn’t slow its nuclear programme.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• journalist and author yossi melman 

• bbc reporter james reed 

Weekend: Iran assassination

this morning (saturday 28th), 6.06-6.14am, 7.07-7.17am, 7.07-7.17am, and 8.12-8.17am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) includes …

“Iran has urged the United Nations to condemn the assassination of its top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and it’s pointed the finger at Israel. We explore how the incoming Biden administration’s relationship with its traditional ally will shape regional tensions.”

including contributions from …

• journalist reza khaasteh 

• iranian-american analyst trita parsi 

• bbc reporter david willis 

• analyst aaron david miller 

• bbc reporter lyse doucet 

• iranian-american analyst holly dagres 

• science communicator daniel glaser 

TP: Iran assassination

yesterday evening (friday 27th), 11.48-11.50pm (repeated from 10.44pm), on bbc news tv  

the papers includes …

“The image that the i is looking at is the father of Iran’s nuclear bomb, Iran’s top nuclear scientist has been assassinated, and they are pointing the finger of blame at Israel, saying that it’s trying to provoke a war.”

including contribution from …

• writer maya goodfellow 

Nh/Twt: Iran assassination

yesterday evening (friday 27th), 9.06-9.15pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.01-10.02pm and 10.07-10.19pm on bbc radio 4  

newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) and the world tonight (presented by razia iqbhal) lead with …

“Iran’s top nuclear scientist assassinated: Iran’s most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has died in hospital after gunmen opened fire on the scientist in his car. Iran’s Foreign Minister has condemned the killing ‘as an act of state terror’.”

including contributions from …

• journalist reza khaasteh 

• analyst jarrett blanc 

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• professor yossi mekelberg 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934)

TD: Coronavirus Gaza

last wednesday morning (25th november), 9.43-9.47am (repeated 1.43pm and 11.43pm), on bbc world service radio 

the documentary (presented by alan dein) includes …

“Throughout the pandemic Alan Dein has been hearing inspiring and moving accounts of how people’s lives have been transformed by the pandemic.

Today, Alan also connects with Mohammed in Gaza.”

OS: Coronavirus Gaza

last tuesday afternoon (24th november), 4.33-4.45pm (repeated 5.33pm), on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by nuala mcgovern) leads with …

“Rising numbers of coronavirus cases threaten to overwhelm the healthcare system in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. We’ll speak to people who live there about their experience of the pandemic, as well as getting context from a BBC journalist.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• nadia abushaban and • fara 

MP: Tomi Reichental

last tuesday afternoon (24th november), 2.08-2.26pm, on bbc radio foyle 

the mark patterson show includes  …

“The man who is condemned to remember: Tomi Reichental, Holocaust survivor.”

including interview with …

• gerry gregg, director of condemned to remember and close to evil (about ss guard hilde lisiewicz-michnia)