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Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin. For middle-class Iranians, a new life in the UK often meant a sudden loss of social status.

Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.

David meets middle-class Iranians for whom a new life in the UK often meant limited job prospects, financial insecurity, and a sudden loss of social status. One, a successful builder, left his wife and daughter in Tehran and ended up in Manchester. Lonely and with little English, he had to work nights, selling pizza and kebabs.

15 minutes

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  • Wed 14 Jan 2009 15:45
  • Tue 26 May 2009 09:30