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'The myth of the Basiji: Morteza Avini’s legacy for the propaganda in Iran' by Augustin Laber (@IslamicSt_UniFR) 👇
(dm for a copy)
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

As an starter I highly recommend to read Goulia Ghardashkhani, Kevin Schwart and Olmo Gölz’s introduction to the issue.
Under the current circumstances the topic of propaganda in Iran will gain in relevance. I’m really proud to be part of this special issue that acknowledges this fact.

I am very happy that my new (and first!) article is published in a special issue on Iranian propaganda. In many ways you can see how 'Revayat-e Fath' left it’s mark on Propaganda in Iran - till today.
Check out Olmo Gölz’s thread for the other articles of the special issue.

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Theorizing #Iran ’s ex-foreign minister Zarif’s communication on Twitter as a fusion of PR, public diplomacy, and propaganda, this article shows how foreign policy communication develops in tandem/contrast to audience reactions and discussions.👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

To be published by I.B. Tauris later this year: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s Towards the Great Civilization, published in its entirety in English for the first time. bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-the… 1/2

Excellent overview of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies special issue devoted to propaganda in #Iran , edited by Oriental Institute Deputy Director Kevin Schwartz, Olmo Gölz & Goulia Ghardashkhani. The best part? Nearly all the articles are open access!

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'Truth and other lies: online foreign image management in Iran during the Rouhani Era' by Elena Fellner (Islamic Studies | Uni Freiburg) 👇
(dm for a copy)
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Augustin Laber looks at the 80s war documentary 'Revayat-e fath' (Chronicles of Victory) by Morteza #Avini . The series has had a lasting impact on the connection between #propaganda and cultural production in #Iran that cannot be overestimated. 👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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'Appropriating Hafez’s ghazals for Shiite rites and rituals in the Islamic Republic of Iran' by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
📣Open access!👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📣 For the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Goulia Ghardashkhani, Kevin Schwartz and I have put together a special issue on #propaganda in #Iran .
Glad to see the fascinating contributions of wonderful colleagues now published online first!
1.🧵Thread 👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Another very popular product by Iran's propaganda machinery is the television series 'Aghazadeh'. Nacim Pak-Shiraz discusses how the series serves to reinforce the existing power structure and manipulate public sentiment through cultural production.👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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'Television series as propaganda: the populist discourse in Aghazadeh' by Nacim Pak-Shiraz
📣Open access!👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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On propaganda and cultural production in Iran.

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'Mourning mothers and wars that never end: reading Nasim Marashi’s Haras (Pruning) in the shadow of the Iran-Iraq war' by Amir Moosavi
📣Open access!👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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The Iran-Iraq War occupies a large space in contemporary Persian fiction. Amir Moosavi shows how 'Haras' (engl. 'Pruning') uses the war to innovatively challenge the messaging of the Islamic Republic's #propaganda .👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

16.🧵
Matthias Wittmann explores the ‘making of #martyrs ’ at the intersection of media (especially #cinema ), #propaganda , and body politics in #Iran . The article examines the ciné-martyrographies of the Islamic Republic's visual propaganda machinery.👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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'Ciné-martyrographies. Media techniques of witnessing in Iranian cinema' by Matthias Wittmann
📣Open access!👇
➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How to analyze the connection between #propaganda and cultural production? What can be found in an advertising billboard? What role does the #Iran 'ian film industry play? How much propaganda is in a popular book?
Some answers here👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
See the thread below.⤵️