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.About us: IRIB English Radio
Retrieved on 15 August 2017. 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 English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...

output of the IRIB World Service, aimed to the listeners in the

English-speaking world Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest langua ...

. Voice of Justice is a 60-minute-long programming block, aimed to listeners in the

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.Voice of Justice
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References

External links

* {{World Radio Network Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting International broadcasters Radio stations established in 1956 1956 establishments in Asia

Languages

English Radio

See also

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