Posted on 04/11/2005 4:13:38 AM PDT by freedom44
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Tehran: Iran, which long castigated the United States as the "Great Satan", is to promote its tourist potential on America's CNN television station and Britain's BBC, the country's vice-president for tourism Hossein Marachi has revealed to AFP.
Tense relations between Tehran and Washington will not stop Iran from exploiting its attractions on the US cable network, said Marachi, who insists US sanctions preventing American companies from trading with Iran "will not apply in this instance".
Both BBC and CNN campaigns should start within two months under a one-year contract, the value of which Marachi did not disclose.
Kevin Young, acting head of public relations for BBC World, said: "There have been long discussions about this and we're optimistic the campaign will be launched but it's not been finalised yet."
"We would be looking at what we call a spot campaign, which is a straightforward commercial campaign for 30- or 60-second adverts that would appear for a period of six months."
Marachi said Iran would provide footage for the slots. "They will show Iranian tourist sites. "You'll not see Friday prayers," he added with a smile.
However, said Marachi, "counter revolutionary" channels controlled by Iranian exiles, mostly broadcast from Los Angeles, will not be asked to show the ads.
Basically pro-Democracy Iranian-American stations won't be asked to run but pro-Islamic Republic stations like CNN and BBC will.
IRAN, CNN, BBC..
Different letters to represent the same entity with the same goals and objectives.
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