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
- Date
- November 16, 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
- Science and technology, Media and information
- 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 16, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948867, 306-PPB-53h).
Text on the object
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
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.
