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title: Iran News poster 52i, scout jamboree, US guns (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52i-scout-jamboree-us-guns-farsi-1956/
description: A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in red and grey with four photographs. Tagged by technique, with source and rights. (1 of 2)
section: Collection
---

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[![Iran News poster 52i, scout jamboree, US guns, 1956 US poster: A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in red and grey with four](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/iran-news-poster-52i-scout-jamboree-us-guns-farsi-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/iran-news-poster-52i-scout-jamboree-us-guns-farsi-1956.jpg)

# Iran News poster 52i, scout jamboree, US guns (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)

A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in red and grey with four photographs. Captions describe the Shah visiting a national scout jamboree, heavy American guns recently delivered to the Iranian army, and a U.S. military advisory mission chief inspecting an independent brigade at Gorgan. The tell is transfer: the monarch's visit and US-supplied arms are shown as one run of news.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Persian (Farsi)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
آخرین اخبار

شاهنشاه از جمبوری ملی پیش آهنگان ایران بازدید میفرمایند

توپهای سنگین امریکائی
که اخیراً تحویل ارتش ایران
گردیده است

ژنرال سایتز رئیس هیئت
مستشاران نظامی امریکا از تیپ
مستقل گرگان بازدید میکنند

اخبار
ایران

امشب در این سینما
نمایش داده میشود
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Latest news

The Shahanshah visits the national jamboree of Iran's scouts

Heavy American guns that have recently been delivered to the Iranian army

General Seitz [as printed: Sa'itz], head of the American military advisory mission, inspects the independent brigade of Gorgan

Iran News

Tonight in this cinema
is shown
```

[← Iran News poster 52h, Qom oil well, Kinley (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52h-qom-oil-well-kinley-farsi-1956/) [United Nations' Day 1956 proclamation (English poster distributed by multiple posts) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-nations-day-1956-proclamation-multiple-1956/)

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