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Iran: The Daily Show Tribute (Persian and English Versions)
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:13
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In June, just before the election, The Daily Show --- the best satirical "news" programme on television --- sent correspondent Jason Jones to Iran. The five reports that followed, airing the week after the Presidential vote and amidst the first mass demonstrations, were enlightening and poignant as well as humourous. Jones interviewed three people who would soon be in detention (two of them still are): former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Ebrahim Yazdi, and journalist Maziar Bahari. He met Iranians in the shopping malls, on the street, and in their homes, discovering that they were far from the enemies of "The Great Satan". And he and his producer returned to the US studio with this remarkable discussion, now translated into Persian, with Jon Stewart.
(Ironically, because of copyright issues, the original English-language videos from The Daily Show cannot be viewed outside the US. So, after the Farsi version, we've posted the "behind the scenes" English-language video on the making of the programmes.)
Daily Show Travels to Iran - (Farsi Translated version) from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
Iran: For Those Still Detained (A Daily Show Tribute)
The Latest from Iran (17 October): Back to Semi-Normal
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Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis
In June, just before the election, The Daily Show --- the best satirical "news" programme on television --- sent correspondent Jason Jones to Iran. The five reports that followed, airing the week after the Presidential vote and amidst the first mass demonstrations, were enlightening and poignant as well as humourous. Jones interviewed three people who would soon be in detention (two of them still are): former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Ebrahim Yazdi, and journalist Maziar Bahari. He met Iranians in the shopping malls, on the street, and in their homes, discovering that they were far from the enemies of "The Great Satan". And he and his producer returned to the US studio with this remarkable discussion, now translated into Persian, with Jon Stewart.
(Ironically, because of copyright issues, the original English-language videos from The Daily Show cannot be viewed outside the US. So, after the Farsi version, we've posted the "behind the scenes" English-language video on the making of the programmes.)
Daily Show Travels to Iran - (Farsi Translated version) from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
Reader Comments (4)
Actually you can watch the clips outside the US, only the full episodes say they are not available in my region, just go to thedailyshow.com and click on videos then search videos (on the left) for "Iran" and you can find them. I have watched from Downunder. Here is the clip when Jason interviews Abtahi, Yazdi and Bahari - All are still in Prison :(
www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-22-2009/jason-jones--behind-the-veil---persians-of-interest
DownUnder,
I believe Yazdi was released after a short detention in June.
S.
Thanks so much to both EA and DownUnder for the behind the scenes video and links to the June 22 Daily Show. I missed the show as I was actually flying back from a three-week trip to Iran (!) and Armenia on 22 June. I had no idea the Daily Show had done this - good on them. I hope Iranians in Iran can see this - and also hope they won't get too grossed out when they see the scene with the bidet hose. I nearly fell off my chair when I did :-).
DownUnder,
Blah! Looks like the UK (or my ISP) is much tighter than other countries --- locked out of all Daily Show videos.
S.