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An American journalist in search of his family roots provides an intimate look behind the scenes in Iran. In part 3 of a five-part series, Steve Zind visits his ancestral home and finds hospitable villagers and suspicious police.
This series is appropriate to air daily during an NPR news magazine (Morning Edition or All Things Considered); each part runs approx. 5 minutes and requires local host to read a live Intro and Outro.
The series oringially ran on Vermont Public Radio as a daily feature July 19-23, 2004.
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An American journalist in search of his family roots provides an intimate look behind the scenes in Iran. In part 3 of a five-part series, Steve Zind visits his ancestral home and finds hospitable villagers and suspicious police. This series is appropriate to air daily during an NPR news magazine (Morning Edition or All Things Considered); each part runs approx. 5 minutes and requires local host to read a live Intro and Outro. The series oringially ran on Vermont Public Radio as a daily feature July 19-23, 2004.
Broadcast History
Part 3 of a five-part series aired on July 21, 2004 on Vermont Public Radio. (Stories in the series aired daily for five days.)
Transcript
(Host) In the last generation there's been a massive migration of people to Iran's cities. Population loss, highways and electricity have changed some aspects of rural life in Iran, but many traditions continue.
In Part Three of his "Iran Journal," Steve Zind of Vermont Public Radio travels into the countryside to see what remains of the village where his ancestors lived three hundred years ago.
(Zind) My Iranian ancestors, the Zands, came from a mountain village called Pari, west from Tehran. Pari is also the birthplace of Karim Khan Zand our distant ancestor who ruled Iran in the 18th century.
Our cousin Sia, who lives in Tehran, agrees to take us there. He's never been interested in family history but he says we've piqued his curiosity. Sia's driver, Ahrari, is at the wheel.
Beyond Tehran the highway divides and the landscape turns to desert. Scenes flash p...
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Additional Files
- Copy for three promos (Promocopy.doc)
- Transcript (IranJournal3toPari.doc)
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