IRIB World Service, also known as Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, is the official
international broadcasting
International broadcasting, in a limited extent, began during World War I, when German and British stations broadcast press communiqués using Morse code. With the severing of Germany's undersea cables, the wireless telegraph station in Nauen was ...
radio network of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
The radio network started to work in 1956 with the aim of familiarizing different world nations with Iran's history and culture as well as its different regions and historical sites. Following the
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...
, elaborating on the revolution's stances and the ideals of the Islamic Republic system were put high on the radio's agenda.
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The radio's schedule includes news and talk programmes, political and religious commentaries, different series and features on special occasions.
Frequencies
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Languages
The IRIB World Service currently broadcasts in 32 languages:
English Radio
English Radio is the English language
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output of the IRIB World Service, aimed to the listeners in the English-speaking world
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. Voice of Justice is a 60-minute-long programming block, aimed to listeners in the United States
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See also
* Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian Rev ...
, the Iranian publicly funded broadcaster.
References
External links
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{{World Radio Network
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
International broadcasters
Radio stations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Asia