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title: Iran News poster 52s, Senate opening and honorary degree (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52s-senate-opening-lebanon-president-farsi-1957/
description: A Farsi 'Latest News' sheet in red-orange and yellow, with five photographs linked by lines and circles reading 'tonight' and 'shown in this cinema'.
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---

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# Iran News poster 52s, Senate opening and honorary degree (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)

A Farsi 'Latest News' sheet in red-orange and yellow, with five photographs linked by lines and circles reading 'tonight' and 'shown in this cinema'. Captions describe the Shahanshah at the opening of the Senate, the award of an honorary doctorate of letters to the Shahanshah, the President of Lebanon visiting the National Consultative Assembly, and a coach training army sportsmen. The tell is transfer: state ceremonies are presented as a cinema newsreel programme.

## 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

در این سینما نمایش داده میشود

امشب

شاهنشاه هنگام گشایش مجلس سنا

اعطای درجه افتخاری دکترای ادبیات بشاهنشاه

حضرت رئیس جمهور لبنان در بازدید از مجلس شورای ملی

البریتن مربیان ورزشی ارتش را تعلیم میدهد

اخبار ایران

000078
```

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

```
Latest news

In this cinema it is shown

Tonight

The Shahanshah at the opening of the Senate

Conferral of an honorary doctorate of letters on the Shahanshah

His Excellency the President of Lebanon on a visit to the National Consultative Assembly

Albriten trains the army's sports coaches

Iran News

000078
```

The coach's name is transcribed as printed and its Latin form is uncertain. 000078 is a stamped sheet number.

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