Dial 113 for mukhabarat

MEMRI has this fantastic Iranian Ministry of Intelligence public information video on the American-Zionist conspiracy to pervert Iranian youth and what YOU (i.e. concerned Iranian patriotic citizen) can do about it. Watch it all now.

Comments Published by arabist February 25th, 2008
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1 Benjamin Geer Feb 25th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

It’s hilarious! It would be interesting to know, though, if anyone trusts Ministry of Intelligence public information videos.
2 le_poulet_noir Feb 25th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

I like the way John McCain is already in the White House, as a “senior White House official”. Do they know something about the presidential election that we don’t?
3 Will Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:43 am

Words cant describe how pissed I am that I cant get through to this number on skype
4 stingray Mar 12th, 2008 at 1:15 am

just a pedantic note: mukhabirat in persian refers to telecommunications, so that a public phone exchange for example, or a local office of the national/local telephone company would be called mukhabirat. the intelligence ministry, on the other hand, is referred to as vezarat-e ettela’at (more precisely perhaps, “information” ministry).

from what i have heard, this linguistic difference has caused some funny situations for iranians visiting arab countries, for example syria, and asking around for a phone exchange.

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