The history of Peyman Jebeli; From being a journalist and embassy to the head of broadcasting

Charso Press: It has been 20 months since the presence of a person who, unlike some of his predecessors, had a media background, and when the news of his appointment was published, the reactions to this matter were positive and moderate, because he has almost 2 decades of experience in Sed and had a TV In the continuation of this report, we will examine parts of the life of the 57-year-old head of the Broadcasting Organization:

A soldier who reached the rank of captain

“Peyman Jebeli” graduated from Imam Sadiq University (AS) in 1972 with a master’s degree in the field of Islamic Studies and Propaganda (dissertation title: Psychological foundations of good and evil). The university started its career in radio and television and worked as a reporter and writer in this media for many years, and due to mastering both English and Arabic languages, in 1970, he was responsible for the foreign news secretary of the evening section of the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran. took According to one of his former colleagues, he is a “soldier who has reached the rank of captain”. In 1971, he was the secretary of foreign and domestic news of Sima News, between 1972 and 1977, he was the news secretary of the 21 news section, and in 1978, he was the editor of the national news of Sima Channel 2 (22 :30) and during the years 78 to 80, he was also the general director of internal news of the Central News Unit. He is also known as the founder of the special news discussion section of Channel 2. In 2003, Jabali was also able to receive a doctorate degree in culture and communication from Imam Sadiq University (AS) by defending his academic thesis entitled “Towards the normative model of international television of the Islamic Republic of Iran (case study; experience of Qatar’s Al Jazeera network)”.

Jebeli in Beirut

In the month of 1984, Jabali Shahrivar took over the management of the office of this media in Beirut, after 3 years of experience as the general manager of news of Al-Alam News Network. Al-Alam is an Iranian news network that conducts news and media activities in Arabic and is headquartered in Tehran and has 3 official offices in Beirut, Baghdad and Damascus. The 33-day war between the Zionist regime and Lebanon’s Hezbollah is one of the most important events that occurred during Jabali’s presence in Beirut. He was present in Beirut until 1987.

Jabali appointed by Saeed Jalili in the Supreme National Security Council

One year after being appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – President of the time – as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili appointed Jabali as the media deputy of the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council in November 2017. An appointment that may be remembered forever because Jalili is one of the figures attributed to the religious-political flow of “Stability”; A movement that announced its existence after the events of the 2008 presidential election and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 11-day stay at home and the emergence of a deviant trend that led to the creation of a division among the fundamentalist faction, and since 2003, it has been licensed to operate under the title of “Stability Front” from the Ministry of Interior. Received. Although Jabali recently said that he believes that he has never placed his personality in the limited form of a political current, his 2-year presence in the secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council and his closeness to Saeed Jalili is a matter that even today, when he is the head of the National Media. Leaning on, he is with him and from time to time it causes accusations about his support for a certain political current.

Jebeli’s political mission in Tunisia with the opinion of Sardar Soleimani/Received the First Class Order of the Republic of Tunisia

At the same time as the beginning of the Islamic awakening (Arab Spring) in Tunisia (a country in North Africa), Peyman Jebeli assumed the responsibility of the Iranian embassy in this country in 1989 and 1990, and in May 1991, he received his credentials as The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran presented to Monsef al-Marzooqi, the president of Tunisia at the time; Ali Akbar Salehi, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Azer 89-August 92), about 10 years after this appointment, in a media interview in January 1400, about the coordination of this ministry with Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to appoint Jabli to He announced the title of the ambassador in Tunisia and said that “we coordinated with Sardar in appointing the ambassador for Libya and Tunisia; Finally, these countries wanted an extraordinary ambassador from the point of view that extraordinary conditions prevailed in these countries and maybe an ambassador who is only a diplomat cannot have the necessary efficiency there, but this ambassador, while being a diplomat, must also have a support and knowledge in the field; Therefore, we appointed some ambassadors with Sardar Soleimani by chance; For example, Mr. Jabali became our ambassador to Tunisia at that time; These works show a work coherence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sardar Soleimani.

In August 2013, with the end of Jebeli’s mission at the Iranian embassy in Tunisia, he went to meet the President of Tunisia, Monsef al-Marzooghi, to announce the end of his mission and to introduce the new ambassador. In this meeting, in appreciation of Jabali’s actions in the field of strengthening and promoting the relations between the two countries, Al-Marzooqi awarded him the first class “Republic” medal of this country.

return to radio; Jebeli Motamed Bosses

Jabali returned to Sed and Sima after finishing his mission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; A return with political savings and experiences; In January 2013, he was appointed as the political deputy (former news deputy) of the Broadcasting Organization by the order of Mohammad Sarafraz, the head of the National Media at the time. Less than 20 months later, in August 1995, he was appointed as the overseas deputy of this organization by the order of Abdul Ali Ali Asgari, the then head of Sed and Broadcasting. A deputy with a number of radio, television and internet sites whose responsibility is to produce content in different languages ​​for audiences outside of Iran.

The establishment of the international video news agency “Iran Press” and the launch of 2 internet radio and television channels “Hossa” and “French Press TV” are some of Jabali’s actions during his tenure at the National Media Overseas Deputy. The opening of the new network “Al-Alam Syria” is one of the other actions that Jabali took; An action that may be a tribute to the resistance front of this former ambassador; In this regard, he has said that “one of the main reasons for launching the Syrian World Network and one of the factors that multiplied our motivation to launch this network was the emphasis of Martyr Sardar Soleimani to preserve the achievements of the resistance front. His interpretation was that the blood of our children and the fighters of the resistance front, which was shed to stabilize this front and the achievements in Syria, Iraq and other regions, should not be wasted, or in the interpretation of that honorable martyr, we defeated the terrorist groups and enemies of the resistance axis and Now, in the field of public opinion, others should not ride on this wave and want to move the region in the opposite direction to the goals of the resistance.”

Mountain sanctioned by the United States and the European Union

Following the protests of last year (1401) in some parts of the country, the Treasury Department of the United States announced in a statement on November 25, 1041, that the names of a number of radio and television employees were included in its sanctions list. (journalist), Amina Sadat Zabihpour (journalist), Mohsen Barmahani (deputy of SIMA), Ahmed Nowrozi (deputy for overseas) and Yusufpour Anwari (director of planning in the overseas department). On December 21 of the same year, by publishing the details of the package of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, in addition to the Broadcasting Organization, the European Union also put 20 people on its sanctions list, and Peyman Jabali’s name was also on this list.

When the “Jabali” brothers sought refuge

In the morning of January 18, 2018, hours after the military operation of Martyr Soleimani, which was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force in response to the American attack on Baghdad airport, which led to the martyrdom of Major General Qassem Soleimani and his companions, in a military base owned by the United States in Iraq. flight number 752 of Ukraine International Airlines with 167 passengers and 9 crew members left Tehran airport for Kyiv, but minutes later, it crashed due to human error and a missile hit by one of the country’s air defense systems; A very bitter incident that led to the death of all the passengers of the Ukrainian plane. There were 147 Iranian passengers on this flight, among whom was Mohammad Amin Jabali. His body, who is Peyman Jabali’s nephew, was buried in an official ceremony in the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Saleh (AS) in Tajrish Square, Tehran. After the death of Mohammad Amin Jabali, a number of officials and political figures, including Saeed Jalili – the representative of the leader of the revolution in the Supreme National Security Council and a member of the Expediency Council – at the house of his father – Dr. Mohammad Jabali, a specialist in heart and a member of the faculty of the University of Science Tehran Medical Center – attended and expressed their sympathy to this bereaved family.

In December 1401 and 3 years after this incident, Maysam Jabali, one of Peyman Jabali’s brothers, announced his intention to seek asylum in Canada in an interview with the American magazine “Time”. He stated that the reason for this decision was his attempt to “lawsuit” and said that he left the country together with his other brother (Miqdad) and now both of them are seeking asylum; Peyman Jabali, reacting to this interview, implicitly drawing a line between himself and his brother, said that “I am not sure how much of these statements were intentional and that these events are normal”; At the same time, he emphasized that “these events are not new and have happened in the past, and the nature of this path is ups and downs.”

Jabali and criticisms of political demarcation in radio and television

20 months ago, when he was appointed as the head of the national media, Jabali announced his policy on his user account in cyberspace and wrote that “the radio station should reflect the demands, wishes and concerns of the masses of people and should not reflect The opinions and opinions of a special class should be a special class that is separate from the people; Radio will be the medium of those whose voices do not reach anywhere. Some time ago, Jabali told one of the media under the Sed and Sima organization, about the criticisms of political demarcation in Sed and Sima, that “I still stick to the belief I always had and I have never placed my personality in the limited form of a political trend; Some people and trends in their hearts want to look at everything from their perspective and analyzes based on their own tendencies, which is also natural because in the Islamic Republic there is absolute freedom for anyone to think as they want, but this does not mean that we follow “We are a certain tendency, flow or party, but what we adhere to and the covenant we have with our colleagues is to work for the country, the Islamic revolution and the people who are the main owners of the national media.”

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