Iran - Regime continues to wage its war against foreign media

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iranian government's targeting of the BBC's Farsi-language TV station, BBC Persian. Its satellite signal was jammed on 16 September when it broadcast a documentary about the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The next day, pro-government media announced the arrest of several of the station's “collaborators” in Iran. Culture and Islamic guidance minister Seyed Mohammad Hosseini confirmed the arrests to the government news agency ISNA yesterday. “They (...)

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