Iran News poster 52k, Pakistan visit, railway (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in red and grey with four photographs. Captions name American high-jump champions in Tehran, the arrival of the Pakistani president in Tehran, census officials at the prime minister's house, and the joining of the Tehran railway line to Neyshabur. The tell is transfer: a US sports visit is placed beside state, census and rail items as one news reel.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- November 20, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Media and information, Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, November 20, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948851, 306-PPB-52k).
Text on the object
آخرین اخبار قهرمانان پرش ارتفاع امریکائی در تهران ورود حضرت رئیس جمهور پاکستان بتهران مأمورین سرشماری در منزل جناب آقای علاء نخست وزیر اتصال خط راه آهن تهران به نیشابور اخبار ایران امشب در این سینما نمایش داده میشود
Latest news American high-jump champions in Tehran Arrival of His Excellency the President of Pakistan in Tehran Census officials at the house of His Excellency Mr Ala, the prime minister The joining of the Tehran railway line to Neyshabur Iran News Tonight in this cinema is shown
