National Iranian Radio and Television

National Iranian Radio and Television

Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	Pahlavi Iran
Availability	National
Owner	Government of Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty
Launch date	1966
Dissolved	1979

National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT; Persian: رادیو تلویزیون ملی ایران, Râdyo Televizyon-e Melli-ye 'Irân) was the first Iranian state broadcaster, which was established on June 19, 1971, following the merger of the country's radio and television services.^[1] It operated up until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, after which NIRT became the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).^[2]