Broadcasting policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran’s broadcasting history is complex, and the influential impacts of the Islamic Revolution have greatly complicated its media and broadcasting policies. As the Islamic rules and slogans of the Islamic Revolution shape broadcasting policy in Iran, the broadcasting organization of the country entitled the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) holds an exclusive supervision and management system leading varying critical views. This research uses the documentary method in order to explore the IRIB within the theoretical framework of the Media Policy Field (MPF). The aim is to understand how the policy-making field in Iran influences the broadcasting policies of the IRIB. The study illustrates how the Islamic Republic of Iran utilizes the IRIB to promote its ideologies and norms by instituting an exclusive organizational chart and management system to achieve its strategic objectives.