http://speechification.com/2008/04/22/tehran-calling-the-voice-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://speechification.com/2008/04/22/tehran-calling-the-voice-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/#comment-1651 Steve Bowbrick Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:50:41 +0000 http://speechification.com/?p=240#comment-1651 Good to have the Tehran crew in the house. I think you can learn a lot even from these choked-off sources. They do sound quite a lot like the Warsaw Pact shortwave stations I used to listen to when I was a kid - they were also often presented by a male/female pair, usually with impeccable Oxbridge or Ivy League accents: "tractor production up by 25%" etc... Good to have the Tehran crew in the house. I think you can learn a lot even from these choked-off sources. They do sound quite a lot like the Warsaw Pact shortwave stations I used to listen to when I was a kid - they were also often presented by a male/female pair, usually with impeccable Oxbridge or Ivy League accents: “tractor production up by 25%” etc…

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