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...recent days, the Islamic Republic has become increasingly vocal in its complaints of interference on the part of Western politicians and journalists. On Monday, it accused BBC's Persian-language station and the Voice of America (VOA) of being "officially the spiritual children of [Benjamin] Netanyahu," the Prime Minister of Israel. "Their aim is to weaken the national solidarity, threaten territorial integrity and disintegrate Iran," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi told reporters. "This is the agenda given to VOA and BBC Persian after their budgets were approved by the U.S. Congress and the British Parliament...
...Some planners in Washington believe they may have an easier time reaching the next generation of Arabs, and are pleased by the early success of their new Arabic-language station, Radio Sawa ("together"). Unlike the staid and preachy Voice of America (VOA), Radio Sawa targets a youth audience with trendy American and Arab pop music, attempting to get Washington's take on the news across in snippets that infrequently interrupt the Top 40 barrage. So far, only Arab audiences in Jordan, Dubai, and Kuwait have been able to tune in to Radio Sawa (the signal doesn't reach Cairo...
...Voice of America, has a mandate of objectivity--employees detest the term propaganda--and while it broadcasts into Afghanistan in several regional languages, its proselytizing is limited to the occasional editorial. The station came under criticism for airing excerpts of an interview with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. VOA staff members counter that its independence lends it credibility. Director Robert Reilly told TIME, "It's important to appeal to people's reason. After listening to VOA, if they dislike us, they'll have better reasons for disliking us. And if they support us, they'll have better reasons for supporting...
Sarah Van Boven, for example, is a senior at Princeton who interned for a semester last year at the Voice of America in London. She has applied her experience reporting for the VOA's international-programming service to the task of writing for the news digest in our Chronicles section...
Until the Iraqi government made clear how suchreleases take place, the message cautioned, "Staywhere you are, stay in touch with the U.S. Embassyand monitor the VOA closely. We will let you knowas soon as we have more information...