IRIB World Service, also known as Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, is the official
international broadcasting
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radio network of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
.
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 (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...
, 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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.United States
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See also
* Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; ) or Seda va Sima () for short, formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian revolution of 1979, is an Iranian state-controlled media corporation that holds a monopo ...
, 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