Islam and Arabism: The Iran-Iraq War

Maddy‐Weitzman, Bruce

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“…The second was portraying a negative image of Iran and claiming that it was Iran’s expansionist ideology that had started the war (Bengio, 1998: 105). The third was to protest against those Arab states such as Libya and Syria that were supporting Iran (Maddy-Weitzman, 1982); and the fourth was to expose Iran’s relations with the US and Israel (Woods et al, 2011b: 23).…”

Section: Iran’s Media Authority and The Challenger Iraqmentioning

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“…Nevertheless, the broadcasts of Iran's Arabic radio station changed dramatically in the aftermath of the Revolution. The revolutionary regime had been entangled in internal factionalism and lacked a coherent state media policy (Maddy-Weitzman, 1982). This, among other issues, resulted in a sharp drop in Iran's Arabic programming right after the Revolution so that a total of only 10.5 hours of programming was broadcast each week (Boyd, 1983).…”

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The media contest during the Iran–Iraq war: The failure of mediatized Shiʿism

Kalantari

2020

Media, War & Conflict

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This article explains why Iran was unsuccessful in its efforts to persuade Shiʿi Iraqis to support Iran during the critical early years of the Iran–Iraq war. Analysis of Iranian and Iraqi framing communicated to that target population shows Iran failed due to both structural and cultural factors. Its media strategy lacked reach and variety and it misunderstood the cultural identity of Shiʿi Iraqis. The author makes use of original archive material of radio transcripts from 1981–1983 as well as other primary sources and historical accounts. The research makes an original theoretical contribution by applying media contest theory to a military confrontation between two sovereign states, rather than between a state ‘authority’ facing a non-state ‘challenger’. The findings have implications for considering how Iran today may communicate more effectively beyond its borders through regional media strategies and thus the viability of a mediatized Shiʿism.

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Section: Iran’s Media Authority and The Challenger Iraqmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Iran's Media Authority and The Challenger Iraqmentioning

confidence: 99%