"The Vincennes and the Smiling Wolf" to broadcast on the Radio Namayesh

The audio Book "The Vincennes and the Smiling Wolf” are broadcast on radio Namayesh  with the theme of The Fall of Iran Air Flight 655 by an American Vincennes.

According to Iran Theater, Sadegh Zanghaneh , Director of the Department of Culture and Society at the Radio Namayesh, said: "we have begun production of audio books for over a year, And so far, we have been reading and broadcasting many books.

"The audiobook has many advantages that its broadcasting can help to increase the culture of reading in the society," he continued.

 

On 3 July 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, a scheduled civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai, was shot down by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy.

Sadegh Zanghaneh said about the author of The Vincennes and the Smiling Wolf:” Bijan Kia, who  is from Shiraz city, attempted to write a book about the victimization of this great human incident. Due to the fact that various nationalities were present on this flight, the novelists also tried to have some be non-Iranians characters.”

In response to the question of what changes have been made to reading this book, he said: There is usually no change in audio book. We try to respect the originality of the book and the efforts that the author does, and this book is also unchanged.

Zanganeh said Ramin Pouriman was chosen to read this book: The reason for choosing Mr. Ramin Pouriman has a kind of voice that is relative to the character-driven novel and the listener can make a better connection with the work. The spirit and character of Mr. Pouriman and his interest in this genre made it possible to make the novel more attractive.

At the end he said : "The Vincennes and the Smiling Wolf belong to the Sooreh Mehr Publications, which has been turned into an audio book by the Culture and Society Group and read by Ramin Pouriman and Farshad Azarnia is the producer.