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title: 'Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 48: Locusts, jets (Farsi, Tehran)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pishraft-e-iran-wall-news-poster-48-locust-fighter-jets-farsi-tehran-1957/
description: A Farsi photo-and-caption wall sheet, 'Progress of Iran' No. 48, on pink panels. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 48: Locusts, jets (Farsi, Tehran)

A Farsi photo-and-caption wall sheet, 'Progress of Iran' No. 48, on pink panels. Left side: a close-up of a locust on wheat headed 'Locust, a farmer's enemy no. 1', fields, farmers and trucks in a joint Iran-US campaign said to have cleared about 14,669 hectares. Right side: five F-84G jets handed to the Iranian air force at Mehrabad, with a US general's speech. The tell is transfer: farm aid and military hardware share one frame under the US-Iran cooperation label.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
پیشرفت ایران
شماره ۴۸، این نشریه هر دو هفته یکبار انتشار می یابد

ملخ، دشمن شماره یک کشاورزی

هزاران هکتار از مزارع غله جنوب غربی ایران مورد حمله ملخ قرار گرفت

همکاری ایران و امریکا در نابود کردن آفت ملخ

کشاورزان بهبهان طی پیامی از مرکز استان یعنی اهواز استمداد طلبیدند ... [body text continues; not fully transcribed]

کشاورزان با کمک کارشناسان اصل چهار مشغول سمپاشی مزارع آسیب دیده شدند

بوسیله این کامیون ها در مدت بیست و چهار ساعت وسائل مبارزه با ملخ به ناحیه بهبهان رسید

تحویل ۵ هواپیمای جت شکاری به نیروی هوائی ارتش شاهنشاهی ایران
[body text continues]
"من به نمایندگی از طرف کشورهای متحد امریکای شمالی به آقایان اطمینان میدهم که این کمک اینقدر ادامه خواهد یافت تا ارتش ایران نیرومند گردد."

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
```

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

```
Progress of Iran
No. 48. This bulletin is published once every two weeks

The locust, farming's enemy number one

Thousands of hectares of grain fields in south-west Iran were attacked by locusts

Iran-America cooperation in destroying the locust pest

The farmers of Behbahan sent a message from the provincial centre, Ahvaz, asking for help ... [body text continues; not fully transcribed]

Farmers, with the help of Point Four experts, busy spraying the damaged fields

By these trucks, the locust-fighting equipment reached the Behbahan area within twenty-four hours

Delivery of 5 jet fighter aircraft to the air force of the Imperial Iranian army
[body text continues]
"I, as representative of the United States of North America, assure the gentlemen that this aid will continue until the Iranian army becomes strong." [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
```

Headings, captions, the general's quoted pledge and the radio box are transcribed; long paragraphs are only partly transcribed.

[← It's a pleasure to carve up this bird](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/carve-up-this-bird-berryman-1957/) [Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 46: US military aid (Farsi, Tehran) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pishraft-e-iran-wall-news-poster-46-us-military-aid-farsi-tehran-1957/)

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