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title: 'Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 50: Atoms for Peace (Farsi, Tehran)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pishraft-e-iran-wall-news-poster-50-atoms-for-peace-farsi-tehran-1957/
description: A Farsi photo-and-caption wall sheet, 'Progress of Iran' No. 50, on green. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
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# Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 50: Atoms for Peace (Farsi, Tehran)

A Farsi photo-and-caption wall sheet, 'Progress of Iran' No. 50, on green. Headed 'Opening of the Atoms for Peace exhibition at Tehran University, 6 Mehr 1336', it shows the US ambassador at a lectern, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Shah, and aerial views of the Sefid Rud dam before and after construction. The tell is transfer: music, the atomic exhibition and a dam are set together as US-Iran cooperation for peace.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
پیشرفت ایران
شماره ۵۰، این نشریه هر دو هفته یکبار انتشار می یابد

اهدا نمایشگاه "اتم برای صلح" به دانشگاه تهران
در ششم مهرماه ۱۳۳۶

ارکستر سمفونیک مینه پولیس یکی از قدیمی ترین ارکسترهای امریکاست ... [body text continues; not fully transcribed]

منظره هوائی سفید رود قبل از سد بندی

منظره هوائی سفید رود پس از اتمام ساختمان سد

نمایشگاه اتم برای صلح که از طرف دولت امریکا به دانشگاه تهران اهدا گردید نمایشگاه کاملی است که بیانگر اتم و موارد استعمال آنرا در زمینه های مختلف نشان میدهد ...

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. 50. This bulletin is published once every two weeks

Presentation of the 'Atoms for Peace' exhibition to Tehran University
on 6 Mehr 1336

The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest orchestras of America ... [body text continues; not fully transcribed]

Aerial view of the Sefid Rud before the dam was built

Aerial view of the Sefid Rud after completion of the dam

The 'Atoms for Peace' exhibition, which the American government presented to Tehran University, is a complete exhibition showing the atom and its uses in different fields ... [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 and the radio box are transcribed; the dense paragraphs are only partly transcribed.

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