(9 Feb 2002)
Tehran - February 5, 2002
1. Various of city streets at night with lights celebrating the anniversary of the revolution
2. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Vox pop, Hamid:
"First of all as an Iranian I will never accept such a statement and second there is a very accurate definition for a terrorist and they just cannot drag Iran into this game."
3. City street at night
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Mariam:
"I don't think that he wants to have a war with us. I think that he wants to have a connection, but he doesn't know how to understand the people or governmental managers."
5. City street at night
6. Various setup shots of Jackie Ballard, former British MP, presently studying at Tehran University
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jackie Ballard, former British MP:
"I think you often get enhanced sabre-rattling just before - as part of - a negotiation process, just before they actually make peace. So, I hope that it is going to lead to a positive rapprochement. I do not think that the US would have any support anywhere else in the world for going it alone and attacking Iran."
File: September, 2001
8. Various night shots of Tehran youths showing support for US victims shortly after September 11th attack
File: July 2001
9. Defense minister Ali Shamkhani speaking
File: July 2001
10. Crowd cheering/chanting support for President Khatami
11. President Khatami addressing crowd
Recent: January 2002
12. Various shots showing walls near former US embassy in Tehran - walls are covered in anti-US graffiti
13. Various of one of the many pro-Khomeini murals around the city
14. Main road in city
STORYLINE:
As the 23rd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran approaches, the nation's leaders issued strong warnings to anyone who would attack the country.
Iranian politicians and citizens reacted angrily to US President Bush's recent state of the union address, in which he referred to Iran as a member of an "axis of evil", along with Iraq and North Korea.
Iran's President Mohammad Khatami called the US a war mongering state, while the defence minister Ali Shamkhani said if anybody attacks Iran, the response will be unimaginable.
The recent tensions with Washington have strengthened the position of the conservatives in Iran, who oppose efforts by reformers to improve ties with Washington.
Hard liners are calling for massive demonstrations in support of the Islamic republic on Monday's anniversary of the revolution.
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