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title: Wall News poster No. 52, 21 Azar army parade (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wall-news-poster-52-21-azar-army-parade-farsi-1958/
description: A landscape Farsi wall newspaper, 'Progress of Iran' No. 52, headed 'Long live the Shah'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Wall News poster No. 52, 21 Azar army parade (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)

A landscape Farsi wall newspaper, 'Progress of Iran' No. 52, headed 'Long live the Shah'. Photographs show infantry marching with rifles, tanks, and the Shah saluting from a jeep; a red drawing shows a boot over a map outline of north-west Iran marked 'Azar' with soldiers raising a flag. The caption marks the 21 Azar parade before the army's commander-in-chief. The tell is glittering generalities ('Long live the Shah', 'Hurrah 21 Azar') with transfer of military display onto the Shah.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
پیشرفت ایران

جاوید شاه

رژه ٢١ آذر
در پیشگاه بزرگ ارتشتاران فرمانده

٢١
آذر

صدای امریکا را هر شب در این ساعات گوش کنید
از ساعت ٧ تا ٨ بعد از ظهر به وقت تهران
روی امواج کوتاه ١٣، ١٦، ١٩ و موج متوسط ٢٣٨ متر
و از ساعت ٨ تا ٩ بعد از ظهر روی امواج کوتاه ١٣ و ١٦ متر

شماره ٥٢، این نشریه هر دو هفته یکبار انتشار می‌یابد
```

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

```
Progress of Iran

Long live the Shah

Hurrah, 21 Azar parade, before the Grand Commander of the Army

21
Azar

Listen to the Voice of America every night at these hours: 7 to 8 p.m. Tehran time on short waves 13, 16, 19 and medium wave 238 metres, and from 8 to 9 p.m. on short waves 13 and 16 metres

No. 52. This bulletin is published every two weeks.
```

Small cursive Persian type; some words and numerals are read with uncertainty and the translation is approximate in those places. The wording of the Voice of America box and of the main parade headline is read with some uncertainty.

[← Pishraft-e Iran wall news poster, No. 47: Earthquake relief (Farsi, Tehran)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pishraft-e-iran-wall-news-poster-47-earthquake-relief-farsi-tehran-1958/) [Burma-America Picture News poster No. 19 (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-america-picture-news-no-19-burmese-1958/)

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