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Break in Diplomatic Relations with Britain

Name: Break in Diplomatic Relations with Britain – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1989Date range

2Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1989

John Roy MajorFebruary 1989

Government / Conservative Party Government

Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain

Margaret Hilda ThatcherFebruary 1989

Government / Conservative Party Government

The Ayatollah Khomeini calls for the death of Salman Rushdie. Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain

Names involved

John Roy MajorMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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