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title: Iran News poster 52l, Qom well capped, Kinley (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52l-qom-well-capped-kinley-farsi-1956/
description: A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in blue with an arabesque border and three photographs of the Qom oil well.
section: Collection
---

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# Iran News poster 52l, Qom well capped, Kinley (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)

A Farsi 'Latest News' cinema sheet in blue with an arabesque border and three photographs of the Qom oil well. Captions say Iranian and American oil-company engineers, with Kinley's cooperation, prepare the means to control the 'runaway' well, and that Kinley is a well-known American expert. The tell is testimonial: a named foreign expert's authority is the news.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
مهندسین ایرانی و امریکائی شرکت نفت با همکاری کینلی
وسائل مهار کردن چاه سرکش قم را فراهم میکنند

مایرون کینلی کارشناس معروف
امریکائی پس از کنترل چاه نفت قم

کینلی چند لحظه قبل از بستن چاه نفت قم
بهمکاران خود دستوراتی میدهد

آخرین اخبار

امشب در این سینما
نمایش داده میشود

اخبار
ایران
```

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

```
Iranian and American engineers of the oil company, with Kinley's cooperation,
prepare the means of taming the runaway Qom well

Myron Kinley, the well-known American expert,
after bringing the Qom oil well under control

A few moments before closing the Qom oil well, Kinley
gives instructions to his colleagues

Latest news

Tonight in this cinema
is shown

Iran News
```

[← Iran News poster 52k, Pakistan visit, railway (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52k-pakistan-visit-railway-census-farsi-1956/) [World Pictorial News poster, Dec 1956: Eisenhower birthday (Urdu poster distributed in Karachi) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/world-pictorial-news-eisenhower-birthday-dam-urdu-1956/)

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