Menashe Amir

Menashe Amir (; born 27 December 1939) is a long time Persian language broadcaster on Israel Radio International, a channel of Kol Yisrael (lit. "Voice of Israel"). He is a former head of the Israel Broadcasting Authority's Persian language division. He is a former chief editor of the Foreign Ministry's Persian website.

Biography Menashe Amir was born Manouchehr Sachmehchi () in Tehran, Iran, on December 27, 1939 in a secular Jewish family. His primary education was in a Christian missionary school called "Nour-va-Sedāghat", and he continued his secondary education in two Jewish schools named "Ettehād" (Alliance/Unity) and "Kourosh" (Cyrus). He began his journalist's profession at the age of 17, at the Kayhan evening newspaper. Amir made aliyah (immigration) to Israel on October 19, 1959.THE JERUSALEM POST's Interview with Menashe Amir , September 17, 2006.

Journalism and radio career He has been working as a journalist and a broadcaster for over 65 years, and broadcasting to Iran for over 62 years.IRAN’S FOREIGN POLICY AND DRIVE TOWARD NUCLEAR WEAPONS, US State Department Panel Discussion with Menashe Amir and his mini-biography, May 22, 2008. Amir became popular in Israel during his coverage of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. In 2006, he founded the Persian version of the Israeli Foreign Ministry website, and served as its Chief Editor for 4 years. Currently retired from his post in the Israel Broadcasting Authority, he continues to host his radio program.

Amir hosted a daily 1.5 hour radio program in Persian,Persian-Israeli radio makes waves, Ynet. which was broadcast every evening to Iran on shortwave radio.Israel's defence establishment is looking east with concern, BBC, 11 August 2004. The program included a call-in portion, with Iranian listeners calling a special number in Germany.Listening to Iran, CBC, August 27, 2008. While no hard data is available the show was apparently popular in Iran, and some experts estimated in 2003 that up to 5 million Iranians listen to it.After Rebuke, Bush Officials Voice Support For Israel Plan Israeli Sends Signal to Iran Over Airwaves — In Persian, The Forward, December 26, 2003. Beside political discussions, the program also broadcasts music banned in Iran. Iranian newspapers often denounce the radio as the "Zionist regime radio", and refute the radio program assertions.Israel Radio Often Finds Best Friends Are Iranian, The New York Times, February 20, 1998.

In the aftermath of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the "Zionist radio and the bad British radio" for misleading the public.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in address at Friday prayers, Daily Telegraph, 19 Jun 2009. This was widely interpreted as a reference to Menashe Amir's program on Kol Yisrael and a reference to BBC Persian.Israeli Radio Show Captivates Iranians, Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2009.

Published works "Iran, Jews, Israel", a collection of interviews with Amnon Netzer, an Israeli expert in Iranian Studies, was published in Persian in 2014.

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