At Magic Carpet Travel we have extensive experience of helping members of the media achieve their objectives in Iran. As well as arranging press visas, we offer a full range of media support services.
With our extensive contacts throughout the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the government and all levels of Iranian society we can:
- Arrange press visas
- Find appropriate people for you to interview
- Vet potential interview candidates in advance
- Arrange high level interviews with members of government
- Obtain permission to film
- Arrange your trip including transport, accommodation and on-site catering
- Source suitable locations
- Access film archives
- Provide research services
- Provide translation services
- Write letters of introduction
- Source Iranian film crew
- Source Iranian presenters and actors
- Source Iranian music
If you would like any help or advice about working in Iran please contact us.
Previous Clients Include:
Maya Vision International
“Once Upon a Time in Iran”, a TV documentary, was screened in February 2007 on Channel 4 in the UK, on PBS in the US, and throughout Europe. Working closely with the producer, we did much of the research for this documentary, including finding pilgrims for them to film on a trip to Iraq. We also arranged their visas, transport, hotels and transfers. We obtained film archives and sourced Iranian music. Our major achievement was getting them into Iraq with permission to film in the extremely sensitive sites of Karabala and Najaf.
“In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great” was a four part TV documentary retracing Alexander the Great’s 22,000 mile expedition that first joined East and West. It was broadcast on the BBC in 1996. Zohreh Majidian of Magic Carpet Travel was credited as the Location Coordinator Iran Production. We sourced locations and interviewees, arranged access to museums and obtained film permission.
Discovery Channel
"The Most Dangerous Nation" was part of the Koppel on Discovery series and was aired in early 2007. Ted Koppel decided to visit Iran 27 years after American hostages were seized in Iran. He looked at the historical reasons for Iranian's suspicions and for their support of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's refusal to halt Iran's nuclear program. He also explored Iranian's perspectives on Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel.
Working with the producer we organised transport and accommodation. Click here to read the producer's account of working in Iran.
BBC Radio 4
“Tehran Stories” was a five part radio programme first broadcast in May 2001. Exploring the lives of different types of people living in Tehran, we researched interview candidates, interviewed them in Farsi and translated their responses. Zohreh Majidian, Managing Director of Magic Carpet Travel, wrote and presented the programme.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio National
“Life in Tehran” was a two-part radio programme broadcast in May 2003.
The story of one woman's journey back to the country of her birth, this programme was based on the life of Zohreh Majidian, managing director of Magic Carpet Travel. Zohreh presented the programme and interviewed a range of people from different backgrounds living in Tehran.
Pilot Productions
“Lonely Planet Iran” was a TV travel guide based on the well-known Lonely Planet guidebook series. It was first broadcast on Channel Four in 1998. We arranged visas, transport, accommodation, and permission to film.
Press Journalists
As well as working with TV, film and radio producers, we have also worked closely with many press journalists, organising their trips to Iran and providing background research, interviews and quotes.
Publications that we have worked with include:
The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, The Sun, The Observer, The Scotsman, The Sunday Times, The Independent on Sunday, Horse Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, GQ, Gardens Illustrated, House & Garden, Harpers & Queen, Wanderlust, Hello magazine, Time Out, The Tablet, The Royal Geographical Society Magazine, Hali magazine, Home & Country, and the Travel Trade Gazette.
If you would like further information about the work we have done in the past please contact us.
Iran Press Visas
A press visa is required by foreign journalists who wish to travel to Iran on business. Applications for press visas must be made to the dedicated Press Section of the embassy.
At Magic Carpet Travel we can arrange press visas at short notice and without the need for you to attend an interview. For full details please contact us.
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