Claude Lanzmann's 1985 film Shoah is to be dubbed into Farsi and shown in Iran, from Monday, on the private Pars channel, which broadcasts from Los Angeles. Satellite TV dishes are illegal in Iran but enforcement is patchy and so the film will be shown in 50-minute segments over two weeks. The broadcast is being organised by the Aladdin Project, a Paris-based group which seeks to increase understanding between Muslims and Jews. The Aladdin Project is backed by the UN educational and cultural organisation, Unesco.
