Iran Statistical Yearbook 1388 17. Culture and Tourism

IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1388 17. CULTURE AND TOURISM

Introduction

his chapter presents statistical information on radio and television programmes, press, books and public libraries, cinemas, museums, monuments, tourists and pilgrims. Following paragraphs summarize the history of data collection in these areas.

Regular data compilation on radio and television programmes and museums began in 1345 and 1347 respectively.

The earliest data on movies available in the SCI date back to 1348. They were produced by the Culture and Art Ministry, renamed the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance after the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

Comprehensive data collection on the press was first accomplished by the SCI under the title of "Review of the country’s publications survey" in 1349. At present, the Domestic Press Department

of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is in charge of the task.Data production and presentation on libraries of the country started in 1344, and the Centre for Intellectual Development of Children and YoungAdults began to register and present figures related to the Centre's activities upon its establishment in the same year.

The establishment of the National Iranian Tourist Organization in 1342 was the starting point of data production on tourism. However, the Organization took advantage of existing records in the archives of such government organizationsas offices of Customs Administration and Passport to collect information for the years 1331 to 1342, included in the 1345 statistical yearbook for the first time.

Regarding the presented data, the following points should be taken into consideration:

Although statistical information on cultural issues is very diversified, the data presented here is limited to certain aspects because of unavailability or lack of data on other areas.

Data on the number of visitors to museums and historical monuments, however, were collected till the end of 1382 by the General Department of Museums affiliated to the Cultural Heritage Organization covering some of the museums and historical monuments. Since that time, due to merging of Cultural Heritage Organization and Iran Touring and Tourism Organization into a newly–established organization called ''Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization", the related data have been provided by the new organization.

Data on pilgrims include only those dispatched by Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization.

Definitions and concepts

Production of radio and television programmes: is a process in which the contextual (massage) and structural components are incorporated artistically and technically using required resources in order to be broadcast on TV, radio and the Internet

Radio and television broadcasting: refers to a produced and broadcast programme which can be received by people on radio, TV and the Internet.

National production and broadcast of programme: refers to the programme produced and broadcast for people in the country.

International production and broadcast of programme: refers to the programme produced and broadcast for overseas people.

Radio and television network: is an organiza-tional structure responsible for activities such a production, provision, edition and/or broadcast of radio and television programmes based on defined and specified goals and missions.

News: is information about events in a country or world or in a particular area and time that is published in newspapers and broadcast on radio and television. News can be political, social, cultural, scientific, artistic matters, sports, etc.

News broadcasting (radio/television): refers to news broadcast on radio and television after preparation, selection, formulation and edition.

Cinema: refers to art, technique and industry of making and showing films.

Long (Feature) film:refers to a film produced as animation.

Film production: comprises a series of activities from screenwriting to preparation of a final copy of finished film through selection of essential players (producer, screenwriter, director, actor, cameraman, etc.), passing film technical stages (cinematography, editing, sound, processing and printing).

The press:refers to the publications of a fixed title, date, issue number and a number of printed or electronic pages regularly published on various political, social, scientific, artistic issues, sports, etc. The press is daily or non-daily (based on order of publication); general and specialized (based on content), local, national and international (based on the distribution scope), public and specific (based on readers such as children, teenagers, young adults and women).

Concessionaire of a publication: a legal or natural person who is responsible for policy-making and running all publication’s affairs except for the content of the publication.

Publication:any kind of written materials printed or visual that is disseminated at limited or wide levels in different forms. It is published on a periodical and non-periodical basis. The former is published continuously with a single title and its issue order is clear in advance . The latter lacks these characteristics

Library:is a local place where collections of hand-written or printed books and the like, including printed and audio-visual materials, are regularly gathered and kept for people to read and conduct research.

Book: a printed and non-periodical covered publication with at least 48 pages and a cover.

Manuscript book: is a handwritten book or document of the time printing was not invented.

Children's Cultural and Artistic Centre: a place for children to do cultural and artistic activities.

Members of the cultural and artistic centres of the Centre for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults: children and young adults aged 6 to 18, benefiting from the Centre’s cultural and artistic services are considered members of these centres.

Circulation: the number of copies of a publication published or reproduced in one time.

First edition: first publication of a complete copy of a book.

New edition: printing a book after undergoing revision with possibly new price and form using the previous typesetting.

Writing: to write a book in different areas by one or more persons.

Historical monuments: all architectural heritage including buildings with historical, artistic or scientific value.

Museum: a permanent, non-profit institute, where interesting and valuable items from nature or achievements of men are collected, kept, studied, trained and displayed. It is open to the public.

Tourist: according to the World Tourism Organization, tourist is a person who travels to a country or city other than his regular living place for a period of 24 hours to 1 year for the purpose of entertainment, rest, sports, visiting friends and relatives, mission, attending seminars, conferences or meetings, medical treatment, study and research or religious activities.

Non-tourist: a person who leaves his permanent homeland to seek job, permanent residence, asylum, education, or for political missions abroad.

Selected information

In 1388, programmes produced by national and international channels of the I.R.I.B were about 225000 hours which increased by 6.6 percent compared to the previous year. Also in the same year, programmes produced in the national and international radio of the I.R.I.B were about 80000 hours which increased by 3.9 percent in comparison to the preceding year.

In 1388, the number of attendances in 236 operating cinemas was more than 18 mln persons that increased by 3 mln persons as compared to the previous year.

In 1388, the numbers of titles of the press and periodicals published in Tehran and other cities of the country were 2164 and 1645 which had a rise of 4.7 and 9.7 percent respectively in comparison to the preceding year. From the total, 178 titles were daily and 650 titles were published on a weekly basis.

In 1388, the number of public libraries affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance was 2073 which increased by 10.6 percent in comparison to the preceding year.

Also in the same period, more than 60,000 titles of books with a circulation of about 206 mln versions, authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance were printed and published which increased by 9 and decreased by 5.9 percent respectively.

In 1388, attendances at museums and historical monuments managed by Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization were about 16 mln persons that increased by 23 percent as compared to the previous year. Furthermore, in 1388, the number of foreign tourists arrived in the country was over 2.5 mln persons that increased by 25 percent in comparison to the preceding year.

In 1388, the number of pilgrims to Mecca for the major pilgrimage was reported about 57000 persons that decreased by 43.6 percent in comparison to the preceding year. Also in the same year, the number of pilgrims to Mecca for the minor pilgrimage was about 761000 persons that increased by 22 percent in comparison to the preceding year.

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IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1388 17. CULTURE AND TOURISM

17. 1. RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF

OSTANS BY TOPIC (hour)

Year and topic / Total / Nationwide coverage
Radio(1) Iran / Radio Farhang / Radio Javan / Radio Quran / Radio Maaref / Radio varzesh
(sports) / Radio Salamat
(health) / Radio Payam / Radio Tejarat / Radio Goftegu / Radio Ava(2)
1370...... / 39008 / 5904 / 493 / × / 1249 / × / × / × / × / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / 95259 / 7433 / 5025 / 349 / 1398 / × / × / × / 8660 / × / × / ×
1380 ...... / 164954 / 7600 / 8021 / 8252 / 5719 / 4370 / 6007 / × / 8760 / × / × / ×
1384 ...... / 177672 / 7024 / 7653 / 7615 / 5517 / 4839 / 6707 / 3651 / 8760 / × / × / ×
1385 ...... / 176024 / 6819 / 7441 / 7297 / 4822 / 5337 / 6578 / 3969 / 8760 / × / 1718 / ×
1386 ...... / 173841 / 6926 / 7436 / 7274 / 4106 / 4962 / 6583 / 3592 / 8760 / 454 / 2063 / ×
1387 ...... / 182421 / 6561 / 7421 / 7183 / 3533 / 5094 / 6665 / 3916 / 8784 / 2456 / 2098 / 2099
1388...... / 192331 / 6162 / 7069 / 7124 / 4164 / 5639 / 7270 / 4075 / 8760 / 3247 / 2071 / 2555
Holy defence values / 5256 / 60 / 25 / 73 / 44 / 184 / 68 / 7 / 120 / 6 / 61 / 0
Social ...... / 49922 / 713 / 2328 / 1632 / 445 / 693 / 652 / 84 / 1852 / 360 / 330 / 0
General knowledge / 17571 / 347 / 666 / 917 / 387 / 243 / 1601 / 441 / 303 / 9 / 26 / 128
Economics ..... / 10999 / 274 / 191 / 115 / 60 / 196 / 269 / 94 / 154 / 2577 / 141 / 0
History ...... / 6686 / 169 / 444 / 352 / 182 / 195 / 252 / 239 / 1230 / 37 / 67 / 0
Politics ...... / 7319 / 427 / 162 / 142 / 42 / 272 / 231 / 13 / 336 / 16 / 313 / 0
Science and technology / 11616 / 257 / 250 / 626 / 1437 / 190 / 1232 / 2772 / 648 / 0 / 176 / 0
Cultural ...... / 30119 / 1830 / 2239 / 882 / 510 / 1110 / 588 / 375 / 1926 / 151 / 581 / 2427
Islamic education. / 36471 / 1417 / 724 / 1241 / 1057 / 2533 / 563 / 24 / 1643 / 80 / 275 / 0
Sports and recreation / 16372 / 668 / 40 / 1144 / 0 / 23 / 1814 / 26 / 548 / 11 / 101 / 0
Year and topic / Ostani coverage
Radio Tehran / Radio Alborz(1) / Centers of Ostans
1370...... / × / × / 31362
1375 ...... / 7356 / × / 65039
1380 ...... / 8126 / 4657 / 103443
1384 ...... / 7865 / 7541 / 110499
1385 ...... / 7438 / 7159 / 108686
1386 ...... / 7466 / 7438 / 106781
1387 ...... / 7591 / 7513 / 113606
1388...... / 8180 / 7542 / 118473
Holy defence values ...... / 16 / 39 / 4553
Social ...... / 3370 / 2130 / 35333
General knowledge ...... / 1234 / 105 / 11164
Economics ...... / 128 / 75 / 6725
History ...... / 236 / 179 / 3104
Politics ...... / 80 / 185 / 5100
Science and technology ...... / 383 / 84 / 3561
Cultural ...... / 157 / 1826 / 15517
Islamic education ...... / 920 / 1982 / 24012
Sports and recreation ...... / 1656 / 937 / 9404
1.As of 1386 "Channel one" was renamed "Radio Iran" and Radio Karaj " was renamed "Radio Alborz".
2. Radio Ava was included as of 1387.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 2. INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY TOPIC (hour)

Year and topic / Total / Tehran / SedayeAshena / Ma'aref in English / Centres of Ostans
1370...... / 8001 / 4760 / × / × / 3241
1375 ...... / 15117 / 10737 / × / × / 4380
1380 ...... / 24957 / 16867 / × / × / 8090
1384 ...... / 26943 / 10158 / 6930 / × / 9855
1385 ...... / 27190 / 9822 / 7570 / × / 9798
1386 ...... / 26944 / 9523 / 7317 / × / 10105
1387 ...... / 28530 / 9151 / 8689 / 804 / 9886
1388...... / 32664 / 9820 / 12176 / 1041 / 9627
Holy defence values ...... / 523 / 12 / 432 / 20 / 59
Social ...... / 4676 / 996 / 1997 / 121 / 1562
General knowledge ...... / 4475 / 1954 / 1734 / 32 / 755
Economics ...... / 881 / 41 / 663 / 16 / 161
History ...... / 1933 / 317 / 1128 / 46 / 442
Politics ...... / 7414 / 3404 / 590 / 43 / 3377
Science and technology ...... / 954 / 198 / 600 / 14 / 142
Cultural ...... / 4474 / 829 / 2514 / 207 / 924
Islamic education ...... / 5388 / 2046 / 830 / 529 / 1983
Sports and recreation ...... / 1946 / 23 / 1688 / 13 / 222
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND

CENTRES OFOSTAN (hour)

Description / Total / News / Other programmes(1)
Total
1370...... / 65299 / 3890 / 61409
1375 ...... / 114778 / 6141 / 108637
1380 ...... / 193343 / 12622 / 180721
1384 ...... / 215623 / 10676 / 204946
1385 ...... / 221239 / 10880 / 210359
1386 ...... / 223784 / 12350 / 211434
1387 ...... / 236314 / 13367 / 222947
1388...... / 244055 / 13032 / 231023
Radio Iran(2)
1370...... / 8784 / 908 / 7876
1375 ...... / 8784 / 962 / 7822
1380 ...... / 8760 / 1160 / 7600
1384 ...... / 8760 / 1190 / 7570
1385 ...... / 8760 / 1176 / 7584
1386 ...... / 8760 / 1132 / 7628
1387 ...... / 8784 / 1089 / 7695
1388...... / 8760 / 1109 / 7651
Farhang channel
1370...... / 1122 / 0 / 1122
1375 ...... / 5025 / 0 / 5025
1380 ...... / 8760 / 740 / 8021
1384 ...... / 8760 / 541 / 8219
1385 ...... / 8760 / 521 / 8239
1386 ...... / 8760 / 502 / 8258
1387 ...... / 8784 / 570 / 8214
1388...... / 8760 / 471 / 8289
Javan channel
1375 ...... / 360 / 12 / 349
1380 ...... / 8760 / 508 / 8252
1384 ...... / 8760 / 470 / 8290
1385 ...... / 8760 / 449 / 8311
1386 ...... / 8760 / 440 / 8320
1387 ...... / 8784 / 441 / 8343
1388...... / 8760 / 524 / 8236
Quran channel
1370...... / 2497 / 0 / 2497
1375 ...... / 2496 / 0 / 2496
1380 ...... / 8760 / 2614 / 6146
1384 ...... / 8760 / 426 / 8334
1385 ...... / 8760 / 526 / 8334
1386 ...... / 8760 / 606 / 8154
1387 ...... / 8784 / 617 / 8167
1388...... / 8760 / 585 / 8175
Ma'aref channel
1380 ...... / 6892 / 548 / 6344
1384 ...... / 8760 / 604 / 8156
1385 ...... / 8760 / 602 / 8158
1386 ...... / 8760 / 1296 / 7464
1387 ...... / 8784 / 1176 / 7608
1388...... / 8760 / 521 / 8239

17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND

CENTRES OF OSTANS(continued) (hour)

Description / Total / News / Other programmes(1)
Varzesh (sports) channel
1380 ...... / 6086 / 61 / 6025
1384 ...... / 7335 / 61 / 7274
1385 ...... / 7359 / 63 / 7296
1386 ...... / 7451 / 61 / 7390
1387 ...... / 7387 / 61 / 7326
1388...... / 7331 / 61 / 7270
Salamat (health) channel
1384...... / 3960 / 0 / 3960
1385...... / 4380 / 15 / 4365
1386...... / 4381 / 59 / 4322
1387...... / 4392 / 95 / 4297
1388...... / 4380 / 73 / 4307
Payam channel
1375 ...... / 8660 / 1533 / 7127
1380 ...... / 8760 / 1523 / 7237
1384...... / 8760 / 1350 / 7410
1385...... / 8760 / 1454 / 7306
1386...... / 8760 / 1508 / 7252
1387...... / 8784 / 1496 / 7288
1388...... / 8760 / 1390 / 7370
Tejarat channel
1384...... / × / × / ×
1385...... / × / × / ×
1386...... / 851 / 0 / 851
1387...... / 3226 / 212 / 3014
1388...... / 4015 / 236 / 3779
Gofteguchannel
1384...... / × / × / ×
1385...... / 1800 / × / 1800
1386...... / 2190 / × / 2190
1387...... / 2196 / × / 2196
1388...... / 2190 / 0 / 2190

17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND

CENTRES OF OSTANS (continued) (hour)

Description / Total / News / Other programmes(1)
Ava channel
1387 ...... / 2562 / × / 2562
1388...... / 2555 / 0 / 2555
Nava channel
1387...... / 2196 / × / 2196
1388...... / 2190 / 0 / 2190
Tehran channel
1375...... / 8146 / 207 / 7939
1380...... / 8760 / 634 / 8126
1384...... / 8760 / 540 / 8220
1385...... / 8760 / 505 / 8255
1386...... / 8760 / 504 / 8256
1387...... / 8784 / 469 / 8315
1388...... / 8760 / 506 / 8254
Albourz radio(2)
1380 ...... / 5830 / 5256 / 5256
1384...... / 8760 / 759 / 8001
1385...... / 8760 / 713 / 8047
1386...... / 8760 / 709 / 8052
1387...... / 8784 / 711 / 8073
1388...... / 8760 / 712 / 8048
Centres of Ostans ( Persian and local)
1370 ...... / 52653 / 2982 / 49671
1375 ...... / 81307 / 3427 / 77880
1380 ...... / 121975 / 4261 / 117714
1384...... / 134248 / 4736 / 129513
1385...... / 137620 / 4956 / 132664
1386...... / 138832 / 5534 / 133299
1387...... / 144083 / 6430 / 137653
1388...... / 151314 / 6844 / 144470
1. Including programme and interlude.
2. Since 1386 “Channel one “was renamed "Radio Iran " and "Radio Karaj" was renamed "Radio Alborz.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 4. BROADCASTING OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM TEHRAN

BY LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and language / Total / News / Programme / Interlude
1370 ...... / 14568 / 2862 / (1)11706 / 000
1375 ...... / 24249 / 4105 / (1)20143 / 000
1380 ...... / 33672 / 9598 / (1)24074 / 000
1384...... / 33428 / 9340 / 19154 / 4933
1385...... / 42157 / 9840 / 26507 / 5810
1386...... / 42608 / 9900 / 26779 / 5929
1387...... / 58104 / 10067 / 42547 / 5490
1388...... / 69168 / 10411 / 57267 / 1490
Azari...... / 365 / 132 / 233 / 0
Albanian ...... / 1095 / 394 / 701 / 0
German ...... / 730 / 382 / 348 / 0
Urdu ...... / 912 / 178 / 734 / 0
Armenian ...... / 548 / 181 / 367 / 0
Spanish ...... / 1825 / 640 / 1185 / 0
English ...... / 2190 / 754 / 1436 / 0
English (chanalMa'aref) ...... / 8760 / 0 / 8616 / 144
Italian ...... / 1278 / 416 / 862 / 0
Bengali...... / 730 / 279 / 451 / 0
Bosnian ...... / 1095 / 295 / 800 / 0
Pashto...... / 1460 / 423 / 1037 / 0
Istanbuli Turkish ...... / 1460 / 346 / 1114 / 0
Chinese ...... / 730 / 229 / 501 / 0
Russian...... / 1825 / 540 / 1285 / 0
Japanese ...... / 913 / 161 / 752 / 0
Swahili ...... / 1460 / 493 / 873 / 94
Hebrew ...... / 547 / 303 / 244 / 0
Arabic ...... / 9125 / 1565 / 7364 / 196
Persian(2)...... / 26280 / 1040 / 24238 / 1002
French ...... / 1095 / 326 / 769 / 0
Cossack...... / 730 / 297 / 433 / 0
Kurdish(3) ...... / 1460 / 426 / 1034 / 0
Malay ...... / 730 / 263 / 467 / 0
Indian ...... / 730 / 169 / 561 / 0
Hausa ...... / 1095 / 179 / 862 / 54
1. Including programme and interlude.
2.SedayeAshena(Familiar Voice) channel broadcasts programs in Persian for Iranian nationals living abroad.
3. Including Bashoor Kurdish and Bakoor Kurdish.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 5. BROADCASTING OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM RADIO

CENTRES(1) BY LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and radio centre / Language / Duration of broadcasting
1370 ...... / ×× / 4690
1375 ...... / ×× / 6597
1380 ...... / ×× / 9753
1384...... / ×× / 10563
1385...... / ×× / 10538
1386...... / ×× / 10962
1387...... / ×× / 6873
1388...... / ×× / 5034
East Azarbayejan...... / CaucasianTurki-Azari / 1336
West Azarbayejan...... / Assyrian / 321
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / Uzbek / -
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / Tajik / -
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / Dari / -
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / Urdu / 712
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / Pashto / 365
Golestan...... / Turkemen / 1570
Gilan...... / Taleshi / 365
Gilan...... / Georgian / 365
1. Excluding broadcast from Tehran radio transmission centres.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 6. T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF

OSTANS BY TOPIC (hour)

Year and topic / Total / Nationwide coverage / Ostani coverage
Channel 1 / Channel 2 / Channel 3 / Channel 4 / Quran channel / News channel / Amouzesh (training) channel / Tehran channel / Centres of Ostans
1370 ...... / 5579 / 1229 / 919 / × / × / × / × / × / × / 3431
1375 ...... / 19702 / 3445 / 2880 / 2841 / 1215 / × / × / × / 1733 / 7589
1380 ...... / 36985 / 4458 / 2235 / 4330 / 1405 / 1252 / 1964 / × / 2325 / 19015
1384(1)...... / 51937 / 3360 / 2883 / 5137 / 1494 / 2483 / 2260 / 970 / 3097 / 30085
1385(1)...... / 57595 / 3806 / 2872 / 6457 / 1713 / 3815 / 2513 / 1085 / 3680 / 31372
1386(1) ...... / 62056 / 4244 / 3772 / 7033 / 2058 / 4102 / 2515 / 1901 / 3791 / 32191
1387(1) ...... / 63472 / 4321 / 3360 / 6275 / 2230 / 4828 / 2328 / 1953 / 4187 / 33575
1388(1)...... / 67078 / 3624 / 3381 / 6253 / 2546 / 4784 / 2289 / 2474 / 5306 / 35678
Holy defence values / 2696 / 199 / 120 / 127 / 295 / 0 / 46 / 0 / 37 / 1745
Social ...... / 18019 / 652 / 1902 / 1073 / 198 / 0 / 414 / 279 / 2563 / 10774
General knowledge / 6530 / 218 / 81 / 991 / 139 / 0 / 1085 / 980 / 250 / 2755
Economics .... / 2818 / 399 / 2 / 19 / 126 / 0 / 52 / 0 / 106 / 2114
History ...... / 1072 / 8 / 53 / 19 / 93 / 0 / 0 / 49 / 0 / 772
Politics ...... / 3704 / 399 / 126 / 418 / 220 / 0 / 483 / 14 / 90 / 1948
Science and technology / 2578 / 191 / 1 / 311 / 263 / 0 / 130 / 353 / 212 / 1104
Cultural ...... / 8711 / 507 / 391 / 840 / 995 / 0 / 0 / 658 / 939 / 4316
Islamic education / 14698 / 797 / 367 / 762 / 204 / 4784 / 31 / 105 / 870 / 6529
Sports and recreation / 6252 / 254 / 338 / 1693 / 13 / 0 / 48 / 36 / 239 / 3621
1. Difference between the total and sum of parts is due to the inclusion in the total of data for Sima Film, General
Department of Animation and special and documentary products of I.R.I.B.

Source: I.R.I.B.

17.7.T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS BY TOPIC (hour)

Year and topic / Total / Sahar channel / Jaam-e-Jam channel / Al-Alam channel / Al-Kusar channel / Press T.V. channel
1370 ...... / 302 / 302 / × / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / 754 / 754 / × / × / × / ×
1380 ...... / 7410 / 3339 / 4071 / × / × / ×
1384...... / 8732 / 1662 / 4257 / 1230 / 1583 / ×
1385...... / 9084 / 1830 / 4204 / 1055 / 1995 / ×
1386...... / 12177 / 2157 / 4819 / 1870 / 2122 / 1209
1387...... / 13475 / 2032 / 5500 / 1854 / 2263 / 1826
1388...... / 12768 / 2480 / 4612 / 1857 / 2380 / 1439
Holy defence values ...... / 30 / 8 / 16 / 0 / 6 / 0
Social ...... / 2568 / 333 / 1206 / 69 / 881 / 79
General knowledge ...... / 1209 / 37 / 347 / 363 / 26 / 436
Economics ...... / 169 / 13 / 27 / 80 / 0 / 49
History ...... / 29 / 23 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 2
Politics ...... / 4077 / 1169 / 329 / 1245 / 525 / 809
Science and technology ...... / 63 / 7 / 56 / 0 / 0 / 0
Cultural ...... / 1668 / 287 / 1218 / 55 / 76 / 32
Islamic education ...... / 1939 / 597 / 485 / 45 / 780 / 32
Sports and recreation ...... / 1016 / 6 / 925 / 0 / 85 / 0
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 8. BROADCASTING OF T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND

CENTRES OF OSTAN (hour)

Description / Total / News / Other programmes(1)
Total
1370...... / 13587 / 1995 / 11592
1375 ...... / 34625 / 2870 / 31755
1380 ...... / 85267 / 9618 / 75649
1384...... / 131596 / 13950 / 117646
1385...... / 142500 / 13872 / 128628
1386...... / 145003 / 13701 / 131301
1387...... / 147923 / 14422 / 133501
1388...... / 153828 / 14630 / 139198
Channel 1
1370...... / 3043 / 458 / 2585
1375 ...... / 6824 / 571 / 6252
1380 ...... / 8760 / 878 / 7882
1384...... / 8760 / 908 / 7852
1385...... / 8760 / 861 / 7899
1386...... / 8760 / 848 / 7913
1387...... / 8784 / 831 / 7953
1388...... / 8760 / 803 / 7957
Channel 2
1370...... / 2514 / 306 / 2208
1375 ...... / 6652 / 199 / 6353
1380 ...... / 6974 / 442 / 6532
1384...... / 7610 / 615 / 6995
1385...... / 7523 / 544 / 6979
1386...... / 7594 / 524 / 7070
1387...... / 7535 / 471 / 7064
1388...... / 7576 / 522 / 7054
Channel 3
1370...... / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / 4195 / 148 / 4047
1380 ...... / 8760 / 227 / 8533
1384...... / 8760 / 283 / 8477
1385...... / 8760 / 277 / 8483
1386...... / 8760 / 274 / 8486
1387...... / 8784 / 265 / 8519
1388...... / 8760 / 265 / 8495
Channel 4
1370...... / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / 1897 / 7 / 1890
1380 ...... / 4246 / 365 / 3881
1384...... / 4309 / 355 / 3954
1385...... / 4457 / 331 / 4126
1386...... / 4630 / 223 / 4407
1387...... / 5143 / 248 / 4895
1388...... / 5128 / 303 / 4825

17. 8. BROADCASTING OF T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND

CENTRES OF OSTANS (continued) (hour)

Description / Total / News / Other programmes(1)
Quran channel
1380...... / 2190 / 0 / 2190
1384...... / 5848 / 82 / 5766
1385...... / 8760 / 200 / 8560
1386...... / 8760 / 200 / 8560
1387...... / 8784 / 96 / 8688
1388...... / 8760 / 95 / 8665
News channel
1370...... / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / × / × / ×
1380 ...... / 7485 / 3153 / 4332
1384...... / 7487 / 3485 / 4002
1385...... / 8487 / 3595 / 3892
1386...... / 7522 / 3572 / 3951
1387...... / 7520 / 4155 / 3365
1388...... / 7573 / 3971 / 3602
Amouzesh (training) channel
1384...... / 4930 / 0 / 4930
1385...... / 4925 / 0 / 4925
1386...... / 4926 / 0 / 4926
1387...... / 4941 / 0 / 4941
1388...... / 5535 / 0 / 5535
Tehran channel
1370...... / × / × / ×
1375 ...... / 2813 / 131 / 2682
1380 ...... / 5942 / 307 / 5635
1384...... / 6661 / 316 / 6345
1385...... / 7506 / 314 / 7192
1386...... / 7472 / 322 / 7150
1387...... / 7479 / 311 / 7168
1388...... / 7487 / 303 / 7184
Centres of Ostans
1370...... / 8030 / 1231 / 6799
1375 ...... / 12343 / 1814 / 10529
1380 ...... / 40910 / 4245 / 36665
1384...... / 77232 / 7905 / 69327
1385...... / 84322 / 7750 / 76572
1386...... / 86578 / 7851 / 78727
1387...... / 88953 / 8045 / 80908
1388...... / 94249 / 8368 / 85881
1. Including programme and interlude.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 9. BROADCASTINGOF INTERNATIONAL T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM TEHRAN BY

LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and language / Total / News / Programme / Interlude
1370...... / 950 / 203 / (1)747 / 000
1375 ...... / 1832 / 275 / (1)1557 / 000
1380 ...... / 26227 / 3399 / (1)22827 / 000
1384...... / 47005 / 7444 / 37602 / 1959
1385...... / 48859 / 7890 / 38764 / 2205
1386...... / 61383 / 10294 / 40922 / 10167
1387...... / 58050 / 9866 / 46273 / 1911
1388...... / 59556 / 10700 / 45688 / 3168
Azari...... / 2091 / 263 / 1764 / 64
Urdu...... / 665 / 125 / 505 / 35
English(Saharchannel) ...... / 1697 / 147 / 1488 / 62
English (Press T.V. channel) ...... / 8760 / 3769 / 4008 / 983
Bosnian...... / 824 / 218 / 575 / 31
Arabic(Al-Kowsarchannel) ...... / 7292 / 516 / 6452 / 324
Arabic (Al-Alamchannel)...... / 8760 / 3460 / 4866 / 434
Persian(Jaam-e-Jamchannel) ...... / 26280 / 1809 / 23311 / 1160
French ...... / 1332 / 150 / 1160 / 22
Kurdish (Surani) ...... / 1855 / 243 / 1559 / 53
1. Including programme and interlude.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 10. RADIO AND T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED(1) BY CENTRES OF OSTANS, 1388

(hour)

Transmission centre / Radio centre / T.V. centre
Total ...... / 118476 / 35678
Abadan ...... / 2468 / 311
East Azarbayejan...... / 5265 / 2129
West Azarbayejan...... / 3520 / 1646
Ardabil ...... / 3668 / 1445
Esfahan ...... / 4316 / 1518
Ilam...... / 3200 / 966
Bushehr...... / 3270 / 993
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari...... / 3141 / 1018
South Khorasan...... / 3096 / 386
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / 3793 / 1123
North Khorasan...... / 2727 / 559
Persian Gulf ...... / 3605 / 1292
Khuzestan ...... / 4926 / 1609
Zanjan...... / 3389 / 928
Semnan...... / 3091 / 1086
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / 4733 / 1005
Fars ...... / 4067 / 1387
Qazvin ...... / 2946 / 970
Qom ...... / 4251 / 1430
Kordestan...... / 3605 / 1338
Kerman ...... / 4633 / 1133
Kermanshah ...... / 4197 / 1414
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad...... / 3039 / 1025
Kish ...... / 3083 / 289
Golestan...... / 6200 / 1176
Gilan...... / 4495 / 1477
Lorestan...... / 4111 / 1090
Mazandaran...... / 3371 / 1169
Markazi...... / 3297 / 987
Mahabad...... / 2417 / 316
Hamedan...... / 3456 / 1116
Yazd ...... / 3100 / 1347
1. Excluding statistics on programmes produced by Tehran radio and T.V. centres.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 11. RADIO AND T.V. BROADCASTING(1,2) BY CENTRES OF OSTANS, 1388 (hour)

Transmission centre / Radio centre / T.V. centre
Total ...... / 151314 / 94249
Abadan ...... / 3374 / 783
East Azarbayejan...... / 5423 / 3435
West Azarbayejan...... / 3769 / 3285
Ardabil ...... / 5851 / 4214
Esfahan ...... / 4425 / 4431
Ilam...... / 3926 / 2801
Bushehr...... / 4342 / 3023
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari...... / 3977 / 3600
South Khorasan...... / 3757 / 678
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / 4374 / 3995
North Khorasan...... / 4013 / 860
Persian Gulf ...... / 4664 / 3281
Khuzestan ...... / 4976 / 4291
Zanjan...... / 4399 / 3193
Semnan...... / 4072 / 3052
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / 5341 / 3116
Fars ...... / 4748 / 3651
Qazvin ...... / 4116 / 3106
Qom ...... / 4976 / 3236
Kordestan...... / 4211 / 2699
Kerman ...... / 7148 / 3260
Kermanshah ...... / 4164 / 3398
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad...... / 3855 / 3116
Kish ...... / 3530 / 757
Golestan...... / 7461 / 3240
Gilan...... / 7415 / 3754
Lorestan...... / 4974 / 2731
Mazandaran...... / 4744 / 3449
Markazi...... / 5742 / 2841
Mahabad...... / 2981 / 566
Hamedan...... / 6331 / 3103
Yazd ...... / 4235 / 3304
1. Excluding statistics on broadcasting from Tehran radio and T.V. centres.
2. Including local (regional) broadcastings only.
Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 12. CINEMAS(1) AND ATTENDANCES

Year and Ostan / Cinemas / Attendances (1000 persons)
Number / Seats / Total / Iranian films / Foreign films
1370(1)...... / 272 / 169644 / 65961 / 52099 / 13862
1375(1) ...... / 297 / 175997 / 44760 / 39567 / 5193
1380(1) ...... / 311 / 166916 / 21111 / 20146 / 965
1384(1) ...... / 239 / 130247 / 15137 / 000 / 000
1385(1) ...... / 228 / 118581 / 15806 / 15659 / 147
1386(1) ...... / 228 / 110407 / 14300 / 14153 / 147
1387(1) ...... / 240 / 112666 / 15694 / 15592 / 102
1388...... / 236 / 110122 / 18193 / 18171 / 22
East Azarbayejan...... / 9 / 4904 / 386 / 386 / 0
West Azarbayejan...... / 7 / 4192 / 167 / 167 / 0
Ardebil ...... / 2 / 841 / 80 / 80 / 0
Esfahan ...... / 9 / 5938 / 1412 / 1412 / 0
Ilam...... / 1 / 474 / 25 / 25 / 0
Bushehr...... / 3 / 480 / 68 / 68 / 0
Tehran (2)...... / 107 / 42000 / 9162 / 9140 / 22
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari...... / 1 / 600 / 78 / 78 / 0
South Khorasan...... / 3 / 1400 / 25 / 25 / 0
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / 11 / 7184 / 1698 / 1698 / //
North Khorasan...... / 1 / 550 / 49 / 49 / 0
Khuzestan ...... / 13 / 5925 / 364 / 364 / 0
Zanjan...... / 2 / 582 / 61 / 61 / 0
Semnan...... / 3 / 1550 / 50 / 50 / 0
Sistan and Baluchestan(3)...... / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Fars ...... / 10 / 7567 / 911 / 911 / //
Qazvin ...... / 2 / 850 / 197 / 197 / 0
Qom ...... / 2 / 1000 / 371 / 371 / 0
Kordestan...... / 1 / 700 / 46 / 46 / 0
Kerman ...... / 5 / 2613 / 224 / 224 / 0
Kermanshah ...... / 2 / 1330 / 79 / 79 / 0
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad(3)...... / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Golestan...... / 5 / 1343 / 244 / 244 / 0
Gilan...... / 10 / 5074 / 598 / 598 / 0
Lorestan...... / 4 / 2367 / 126 / 126 / 0
Mazandaran...... / 10 / 5759 / 908 / 908 / //
Markazi...... / 3 / 1178 / 262 / 262 / 0
Hormozgan...... / 3 / 787 / 186 / 186 / 0
Hamedan...... / 5 / 1526 / 256 / 256 / 0
Yazd ...... / 2 / 1408 / 160 / 160 / 0
1. Items are based on sales records of active cinemas.
2. Statistics relating to Fajr film Fastival is not included in Tehran Ostan.
3. According to the officials of provincial offices of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, cinemas of Sistan and Baluchestan and Khohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad are closed.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 13. LONG (FEATURE) FILMS PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY:1388

Year / Number
1370 ...... / 40
1375 ...... / 57
1380 ...... / 67
1384...... / 62
1385...... / 82
1386...... / 99
1387...... / 78
1388...... / 76
Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 14. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS BY CENTRE AND PERIOD OF PUBLICATION

Year / Grand total / Tehran
Total / Daily / Weekly / Biweekly / Monthly / Bimonthly / Quarterly / Other
1375 ...... / 662 / 498 / 34 / 69 / 29 / 176 / 16 / 136 / 38
1380 ...... / 1347 / 947 / 75 / 127 / 56 / 276 / 40 / 310 / 63
1384...... / 3261 / 2046 / 124 / 278 / 109 / 683 / 74 / 640 / 138
1385...... / 3382 / 2053 / 106 / 196 / 86 / 696 / 81 / 732 / 156
1386...... / 3378 / 1984 / 106 / 171 / 82 / 636 / 80 / 749 / 160
1387...... / 3565 / 2066 / 98 / 162 / 86 / 664 / 87 / 800 / 169
1388...... / 3809 / 2164 / 98 / 160 / 89 / 663 / 94 / 866 / 194
Year / Other cities
Total / Daily / Weekly / Biweekly / Monthly / Bimonthly / Quarterly / Other
1375 ...... / 164 / 29 / 57 / 12 / 22 / 9 / 29 / 6
1380 ...... / 400 / 46 / 140 / 24 / 44 / 13 / 86 / 47
1384...... / 1215 / 74 / 431 / 114 / 244 / 24 / 241 / 87
1385...... / 1329 / 77 / 433 / 115 / 307 / 26 / 270 / 101
1386...... / 1394 / 77 / 440 / 120 / 313 / 28 / 302 / 114
1387...... / 1499 / 77 / 466 / 118 / 325 / 31 / 345 / 137
1388...... / 1645 / 80 / 490 / 201 / 342 / 36 / 419 / 77
Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 15. AUTHORIZED PRESS BY CITY AND CONCESSIONAIRE

Year / Grand / Tehran
Total / Natural persons / Government organizations and institutions / Non-government organizations and institutions
1375 ...... / 662 / 498 / 218 / 202 / 78
1380 ...... / 1347 / 947 / 477 / 292 / 178
1384...... / 3261 / 2046 / 1207 / 422 / 417
1385...... / 3382 / 2053 / 1188 / 437 / 428
1386...... / 3378 / 1984 / 1131 / 440 / 413
1387...... / 3565 / 2066 / 1219 / 444 / 403
1388...... / 3790 / 2153 / 996 / 548 / 609
Year / Other cities
Total / Natural persons / Government organizations and institutions / Non-government organizations and institutions
1375 ...... / 164 / 120 / 21 / 23
1380 ...... / 400 / 274 / 72 / 54
1384...... / 1215 / 905 / 116 / 194
1385...... / 1329 / 1008 / 161 / 160
1386...... / 1394 / 1075 / 164 / 155
1387...... / 1499 / 1182 / 167 / 150
1388...... / 1637 / 1071 / 308 / 258
Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 16. PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF THE COUNTRY

Year and Ostan / Library
1370 ...... / 000
1375 ...... / 1047
1380 ...... / 1502
1384...... / 1641
1385...... / 1729
1386...... / 1758
1387...... / 1874
1388...... / 2073
East Azarbayejan...... / 117
West Azarbayejan...... / 58
Ardebil ...... / 53
Esfahan ...... / 166
Ilam...... / 30
Bushehr...... / 51
Tehran ...... / 150
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari...... / 47
South Khorasan...... / 30
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / 139
North Khorasan...... / 24
Khuzestan ...... / 123
Zanjan...... / 53
Semnan...... / 46
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / 50
Fars ...... / 152
Qazvin ...... / 41
Qom ...... / 39
Kordestan...... / 44
Kerman ...... / 91
Kermanshah ...... / 63
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad...... / 50
Golestan...... / 28
Gilan...... / 76
Lorestan...... / 39
Mazandaran...... / 70
Markazi...... / 66
Hormozgan...... / 42
Hamedan...... / 58
Yazd ...... / 77
Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17.17. BOOKS AND DOCUMENT COLLECTION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE I. R. IRAN

Description / Unit / Number
1375 / 1380 / 1384
Manuscript books in Arabic and Farsi ...... / Volume / 19000 / 14000 / 19100
Manuscript documents and scrap-books...... / Sheet / 50000 / 150000 / 1100000
Books printed by stone lithography and exquisite books and documents / Volume / 10787 / 10510 / 18500
Printed books in Farsi and Arabic ...... / Volume / 338219 / 696976 / 1005108
Latin books ...... / Volume / 97000 / 186086 / 255613
Non-book sources(1)...... / Document / 000 / 52400 / 641345
Description / Unit / Number
1385 / 1386 / 1387 / 1388
Manuscript books in Arabic and Farsi ...... / Volume / 22900 / 25400 / 26919 / 33000
Manuscript documents and scrap-books...... / Sheet / 1150000 / 1101000 / 1101000 / 1101000
Books printed by stone lithography and exquisite books and documents / Volume / 26600 / 27300 / 27700 / 28500
Printed books in Farsi and Arabic ...... / Volume / 1015000 / 1500000 / 1750000 / 1800000
Latin books ...... / Volume / 285000 / 300000 / 360000 / 360000
Non-book sources(1)...... / Document / 725000 / 850000 / 980000 / 980000
1. Including audio-video sources, CDs, microfilms, etc.
Source: National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

17. 18. CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CENTRES OF THE CENTRE FOR INTELLECTUAL

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR LIBRARIES(1)

Year and Ostan / Cultural and artistic centres / Number of members
(1000) / Books in stock (1000) / Number of books lent (1000)
1380 ...... / 513 / 126 / 4328 / 2891
1384...... / 572 / 423 / 5867 / 3753
1385...... / 706 / 520 / 6166 / 4097
1386...... / 607 / 423 / 8746 / 3942
1387...... / 667 / 421 / 6075 / 3637
1388...... / 701 / 554 / 6268 / 3328
East Azarbayejan...... / 25 / 15 / 194 / 76
West Azarbayejan...... / 23 / 19 / 159 / 85
Ardebil ...... / 21 / 19 / 152 / 82
Esfahan ...... / 52 / 49 / 515 / 380
Ilam...... / 18 / 9 / 118 / 35
Bushehr...... / 15 / 6 / 133 / 22
Tehran ...... / 66 / 69 / 759 / 645
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari...... / 19 / 13 / 196 / 152
South Khorasan...... / 8 / 5 / 70 / 42
Khorasan-e-Razavi...... / 30 / 5 / 289 / 25
North Khorasan...... / 3 / 32 / 32 / 160
Khuzestan ...... / 49 / 33 / 437 / 151
Zanjan...... / 15 / 11 / 104 / 52
Semnan...... / 10 / 11 / 116 / 65
Sistan and Baluchestan...... / 26 / 20 / 210 / 116
Fars ...... / 30 / 24 / 295 / 176
Qazvin ...... / 13 / 12 / 118 / 55
Qom ...... / 9 / 7 / 74 / 49
Kordestan...... / 16 / 12 / 147 / 70
Kerman ...... / 32 / 26 / 365 / 90
Kermanshah ...... / 29 / 29 / 229 / 169
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad...... / 10 / 7 / 96 / 42
Golestan...... / 12 / 10 / 108 / 59
Gilan...... / 31 / 25 / 335 / 119
Lorestan...... / 17 / 13 / 12 / 72
Mazandaran...... / 22 / 16 / 227 / 66
Markazi...... / 44 / 20 / 266 / 112
Hormozgan...... / 13 / 8 / 94 / 36
Hamedan...... / 27 / 16 / 238 / 83
Yazd ...... / 16 / 13 / 180 / 42
1. Excluding statistics on mobile urban and rural units and postal libraries.
Source: Ministry of Education, Centre for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

17. 19. TITLES OF BOOKS PUBLISHED