Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ( IRIB in Persian سازمان صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, German: the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ) is the national broadcasting company of Iran. In his German radio program, the station called "Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
General
The broadcasting company operates several radio and television stations in Iran.
IRIB sends worldwide in multiple languages a foreign radio program. Among the languages currently include: Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, German, Turkish, Chinese, Kurdish, Italian, Japanese and Indonesian. In addition, there are on the internet in different languages messages from IRIB, as well as audio and video live streams. In Europe IRIB programs could be received 3, for example, via the satellite Hot Bird, including the foreign TV station IRIB IRIB 1 and 2 as well as the English-language news channel Press TV. In July 2013, satellite operators banished the transmitter of the western satellites.
The English area of IRIB began in 1956 with the goal of making various countries around the world with the history and culture of Iran familiar. This included the different regions of Iran and historical sites. With the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Iran, the Islamic ideals and principles, according to IRIB of high priority were included in the program flow.
Publication practices
Therefore IRIBs reporting is characterized by a strongly Islamic ( Shiite ) embossed view of world events. The broadcaster has been accused that the reports were often laced with anti-American and anti-Zionist comments. Furthermore, hardly hearing is paid by the state control of the opposition of Iran. Therefore, the sender does not apply to Western standards as a free and independent media. However the program makers take great care to bring Western voices to be heard, which provide a more balanced picture by Tehran's reading of the issues raised in their analyzes and opinions. A regularly occurring at IRIB foreign expert Udo Steinbach is about.
Head of IRIB
The head of the IRIB is directly appointed by Iran's Supreme Leader for a period of 5 years.