Persian Service: The BBC and British Interests in Iran Contributor(s): Sreberny, Annabelle (Author), Torfeh, Massoumeh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848859813 ISBN-13: 9781848859814 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | American Government - General |
Series: International Library of Iranian Studies |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |