Small wonder then that so many Iranians regard him as the saviour of the Persian language.

因此众多伊朗人把他看作波斯语言的拯救者，也就不足为怪了。

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Analysts say that Iran was particularly incensed about the new British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian language TV station that was started early this year.

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There are also dozens of Persian-language channels based outside Iran, many run by expatriates.

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In September, when Rita visited Radio Ran, a Persian-language Internet radio station based in a Tel Aviv suburb, the studio was flooded with calls from Iranians around the world.

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Even after the Arab conquest, Persian remained the language of local rulers, as Iranian administrators, mullahs and traders settled in the cities of Transoxania (which covered much of today's Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan), and is the basis of the language spoken by the Tajiks today.

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