Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 47: Earthquake relief (Farsi, Tehran)
A Farsi photo-and-caption wall sheet, 'Progress of Iran' No. 47, headed with a map of Iran's earthquake regions. Photographs show ruined houses, the Shah on horseback among villagers, the Shah and Queen at a train window, a US aircraft crew and trucks unloading relief goods, and the US ambassador touring the damage. The text lists the US, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq and Britain as donors. The tell is transfer: relief by the Iranian court and the Red Lion and Sun appears next to US aid.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 1, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. information 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
- Health, Home front
- 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, February 1, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948864, 306-PPB-53e).
Text on the object
پیشرفت ایران شماره ۴۷، این نشریه هر دو هفته یکبار انتشار می یابد مناطق زلزله زده ایران اعلیحضرت همایونی شخصاً بوسیله اسب از مناطق زلزله زده بازدید فرمودند زلزله اکثر خانه های شمال را ویران کرد بسیاری از مجامع بین المللی به زلزله زدگان ایران کمک کردند امریکا - ترکیه - پاکستان - عراق و انگلستان از کشورهائی بودند که کمک های با ارزشی به زلزله زدگان ایرانی نمودند. خبر آقای سلدن چپین سفیر کبیر امریکا و کلارک گرگوری وزیر مختار سفارت ... از مناطق زلزله زده دیدن کردند ... جمعیت شیر و خورشید سرخ ایران کمکهای ذیقیمتی به زلزله زدگان نمود. تو پ لباس کفش و سایر اقلیات ... آنان پخش میکنند بدستور سفیر کبیر امریکا مقدار زیادی ... بوسیله هواپیما و کامیون به مناطق زلزله زده بین زلزله زدگان تقسیم گردید صدای امریکا را در این ساعات گوش کنید از ساعت 7 تا 10 بعد از ظهر هر شب برنامه های جالب صدای امریکا روی موج کوتاه 13، 16، 19 و 25 متر و موج متوسط 238 متر پخش میشود
Progress of Iran No. 47. This bulletin is published once every two weeks Earthquake regions of Iran His Majesty personally visited the earthquake regions on horseback The earthquake destroyed most houses of the north Many international bodies helped Iran's earthquake victims America, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq and England were among the countries that gave valuable aid to the Iranian earthquake victims. News: Mr. Seldon Chapin, US Ambassador, and Clark Gregory, counsellor of the embassy ... visited the earthquake regions ... [approximate] The Iranian Red Lion and Sun Society gave valuable aid to the earthquake victims: cloth, clothing, shoes and other items ... are distributed to them [approximate] By order of the US Ambassador a large quantity ... was distributed among the earthquake victims in the regions by aircraft and trucks [approximate] Listen to the Voice of America at these hours From 7 to 10 in the evening Every night interesting Voice of America programmes on short wave 13, 16, 19 and 25 metres and medium wave 238 metres are broadcast
Headline, captions and the radio box are transcribed; some small-print words are approximate and the long paragraph is partly transcribed.
