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Is Parazit US Propaganda?

Payman Dailami — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:59:38 +0000

One wonders whether VOA Persian’s management and the group that oversees its operations have a PR department. Last week, Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabai, co-creators of VOA Persian Service’s successful television weekly, Parazit, appeared on AlJazeera’s “The Stream,” and managed to do a lot of damage to their own image, as well as to VOA’s.

VOA Persian's Challenges and Opportunities (2)

Payman Dailami — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:35:47 +0000

As mentioned in my earlier blog, regardless of the recent rumors of mismanagement at Voice of America's Persian Service, it is a known fact that the network's programs and productions have been on a serious downward spiral, with fewer and fewer people watching.

Voice of America Persian Service's Challenges and Opportunities

Payman Dailami — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:19:23 +0000

In the early to mid-00’s, Voice of America’s Persian service could do no wrong. Farsi-speakers all over the world, and especially in Iran, watched everything it had to offer. From its popular nightly news program, to its political analysis, to its highly popular entertainment program, Shabahang, whatever VOA Persian had to offer had millions of viewers.