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60 MINUTES {THE IRAN FILE; HANDCUFFING THE COPS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of news magazine programs. This edition opens with "The Iran File," as Mike Wallace explores the reasons why Iran hates the United States. The program includes a discussion about the CIA's involvement with the Shah's secret police in the torture of political prisoners, as well as excerpts from a 1976 interview with the Shah. In "Handcuffing the Cops," Dan Rather reports on whether the criminal justice system is letting too many criminals off on legal technicalities; the segment includes the views of victims of crimes. The program concludes with Harry Reasoner reviewing letters from the viewers. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: March 2, 1980 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:56:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0034
- GENRE: News magazine; Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Crime and criminals; Iran - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Iran - Foreign relations - U S; Police; Political prisoners; Torture; U S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1968-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Don Hewitt … Executive Producer
- Palmer Williams … Senior Producer
- Barry Lando … Producer, Segment Producer
- Steve Glauber … Producer, Segment Producer
- Arthur Bloom … Director
- Mike Wallace … Reporter
- Morley Safer … Reporter
- Dan Rather … Reporter
- Harry Reasoner … Reporter
- Shah of Iran (See also: Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza)
- Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza (See also: Shah of Iran)