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
- Date
- November 30, 1957
- 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
- Economy and finance, War and the military, Science and technology
- 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 30, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948865, 306-PPB-53f).
Text on the object
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
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.
