%0 Journal Article %T Agenda Setting And Irans Nuclear News In BBC & VOA Persian Websites During 2004-2006 --- 1383 1385 %A Abdullah Guivian %A aguivian@yahoo.com - £¿£¿£¿£¿£¿£¿£¿ £¿£¿£¿£¿£¿£¿ %A Behnam Rezagholizadeh - £¿£¿£¿£¿£¿ £¿£¿£¿£¿£¿£¿ £¿£¿£¿£¿ %J Global Media Journal : Persian Edition %D 2010 %I University of Tehran %X Islamic Republic of Irans nuclear program is one of the most important topics and issues in Iran and at the international level. Since being introduced, this program has been criticized and somehow rejected by Western countries and maily by the U.S. These countries claim that Iran may want to access nuclear weapons; but the Islamic Republic of Iran believes that all of her nuclear activities are peaceful and within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency obligations. Using content analysis method and covering three years (1385-1383),this article assesses highlighting news of Irans nuclear energy in VOA and BBC Persian websites with regard to gatekeeping concept and agenda setting theory. --- - - . - - - - . - - - - . (1385-1383) . . . . %K BBC %K VOA %K Gatekeeping %K Agenda Setting %K Irans nuclear program %U http://gmj.ut.ac.ir/maghale.aspx?id=75