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Interview with Mahmudi, Kambiz

Date

September 10, 1982

Location

Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Nura'i, Fereshteh

Language

Persian

Abstract

Recollections of childhood in Kerman; memories of life in Mashhad under Soviet occupation; employment with the Point Four Program; recollections of the National Front and the Tudeh Party and their activities; beginnings of Iran’s television broadcasting; early years of the television industry in Iran; television and government policy; television and the land reform; creation of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT); relations between NIRT and the U.S. armed forces’ television; structure, mode of operation and agenda of NIRT; Reza Qotbi’s leadership at NIRT; NIRT’s program development; NIRT’s general outlook and its political implications; influence of the left in NIRT; news analysis at NIRT; educational television in Iran and its impact; NIRT and the revolutionary upheaval.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Transcripts

Kambiz-Mahmoudi-APt-I Kambiz-Mahmoudi-BPt-II Kambiz-Mahmoudi-English

Contents

99pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Mahmudi, Kambiz

Deputy Director of National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT), 1966-1979.