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"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [7] asked Congress yesterday to provide $75 million in emergency funding to step up pressure [8] on the Iranian government." If granted, the request would increase to $85 million the 2006 budget "to promote political change inside Iran [9]," up from $3.5 million last year [10]. $50 million would be used to "significantly increase Farsi broadcasts into Iran, mainly satellite television broadcasting by the federal government and broadcasts of the U.S.-funded Radio Farda [11]." Another $5 million "will be aimed at reaching the Iranian public through the Internet [12] and building independent Farsi television and radio stations." $15 million "would go to Iranian labor groups, human rights activists and other groups, generally via ... groups such as the National Endowment for Democracy [13]."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/public-diplomacy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/propaganda
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[6] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2006%2F02%2F4475%2Fus-state-dept-splurge-persian-media&linkname=U.S.%20State%20Dept%20To%20Splurge%20on%20Persian%20Media
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Condoleezza_Rice
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/War_in_Iran
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iran
[10] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/international/middleeast/16diplo.html
[11] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors
[12] http://persian.usinfo.state.gov/
[13] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Endowment_for_Democracy
[14] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021500672.html