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BBC Hecklers Programme recording: 'It's better to have a war with Iran than a nuclear Iran'

Monday 6 August 2007 18:00 to 20:00

Location

Chatham House

Participants

Speaker: Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Hecklers:
Professor Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History and Director of the Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews
Robert Fox, Defence Correspondent, Evening Standard
George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
Chair: Evan Davis, BBC Economics Editor

Type: Members event

The speaker will argue in favour of the provocative statement that 'It's better to have a war with Iran than have a nuclear Iran'. He will be challenged in this assertion by four hecklers and then face questions from the audience. This will be the second time a programme from the BBC Radio 4 show has been recorded at Chatham House. Last year Professor Brendan O'Leary of the University of Pennsylvania was heckled as he defended Iraq's newly agreed constitution and predicted that it laid the foundation for the country's prospects for success.

This programme will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 20.00 on Wednesday 15 August and repeated at 22.15 on Saturday 18 August.

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