TEHRAN -- The Iranian radio program “Street Children” took the 23rd International URTI Radio Grand Prix, the Persian service of IRNA announced. 

The press deputy at the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Paris, Sirus Karimi attended the International Radio and Television Union (URTI) General Assembly, which was held on October 21 in Paris, as the representative of Iran to accept the award.  

The program was produced and broadcast by the Zanjan Radio Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

The chosen theme for the 23rd edition was “poverty” and the Iranian program was selected from programs submitted by 81 countries.

Each year URTI organizes the International URTI Radio Grand Prix and the International URTI Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary. These prizes of international renown allow promoting the vitality of contemporary audiovisual production. 

Each of the two juries is made up of fifteen to twenty professionals from the whole world who take opposing views to single out the most remarkable works based on quality and originality.

Today after more than 60 years of existence and with its program exchanges never as important, URTI shows a prestigious assessment and a renewed enthusiasm. With 64 countries participating in the event, it also confirmed its place among the first ranks of the international radio and television grand prix in terms of the number of participating countries.

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