Persian Service

Persian Service
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 232
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780857724236
ISBN-13 : 0857724231
Rating : 4/5 (231 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Persian Service by : Annabelle Sreberny

Download or read book Persian Service written by Annabelle Sreberny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rumour and speculation in Iran have been rife for generations that the BBC has had a hand in every political upheaval in the country. In this vein the BBC has become a notable element in the complex and tortured narrative of Anglo-Iranian relations. The BBC Persian Service was initially developed in 1940 to prepare and broadcast British war-time propaganda. And it has since been seen by many in Iran as an integral part of British policy-making in the region. Thirty years ago, the Shah of Iran regarded the BBC Persian Service radio as his 'enemy number one' and held it responsible for promoting the revolution of 1979. Only a couple decades earlier, the BBC Persian Service was widely accused for having been complicit in the CIA-led 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Musaddiq. And a decade earlier, the BBC Persian Service was strongly linked to the British-planned removal of Reza Shah in 1941. The BBC Persian service has frequently been perceived as an entity which was not simply a vehicle to record the changes occurring in Iran and throughout the Middle East, but rather an active agent of change. In this book, Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh track the history of the BBC Persian Service, critically analysing both the assumptions that the BBC is a standard bearer for objective reporting and representations of it as a simple tool of Western interests. Also examining the history of relations between the Foreign Office and the BBC Persian Service, they demonstrate that these have never been pre-defined or rigid. Instead, they explore how both institutions have moved from an interest in what can crudely be called state-orchestrated 'propaganda' to a more subtle advocacy of fair and balanced journalism as the best agent of British values and influence.


Persian Service Related Books

Persian Service
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Annabelle Sreberny
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-16 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Rumour and speculation in Iran have been rife for generations that the BBC has had a hand in every political upheaval in the country. In this vein the BBC has b
Persian Service
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Annabelle Sreberny
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-16 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Rumour and speculation in Iran have been rife for generations that the BBC has had a hand in every political upheaval in the country. In this vein the BBC has b
Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War
Language: en
Pages: 205
Authors: Institute of Medicine
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-10-10 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In January 1995 the Institute of Medicine released a preliminary report containing initial findings and recommendations on the federal government's response to
American and British Soft Power in Iran, 1953-1960
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Darius Wainwright
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-08 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book offers a distinctive approach to understanding Anglo-American relations with Iran in the early Cold War. It establishes how the United Kingdom and Uni
Persia and the Persian Question
Language: en
Pages: 705
Authors: George Nathaniel Curzon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Reprint of edition published by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1892.