Iran: Scott Lucas on BBC World Service

I appeared on the BBC World Service's World Update this morning to discuss the reaction of the US Government to events in Iran (see separate blog for the background story on how Twitter shaped the item). The interview followed a related discussion with Ali Ansari on the internal dimensions, hours before the rally in Tehran and just after the Supreme Leader's call for an enquiry into alleged electoral fraud.

My interview starts at the 31:00 mark.

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I just came off-air from an interview with the BBC World Service and thought I would share the following:

0907 GMT: News comes via BreakingNews on Twitter, picking up on Iranian state media, that "IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF ELECTION FRAUD". Later "tweets" relay Iranian state media that Ayatollah Khameni met with Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi before making the announcement.

0923 GMT: Enduring America posts update on Khamenei's meeting with Mousavi and the order for the enquiry.

0930 GMT: I tell the BBC World Service producer of Khamenei's order. He is unaware of the development.

0934 GMT: The BBC World Service, drawing from Associated Press Online, announces --- in the middle of an interview with Dr Ali Ansari on the Iranian internal situation --- that Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered an investigation of electoral fraud.

0937 GMT: I go on-air to talk about the US response to developments in Iran.