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BBC Persian TV presenters Majid Afshar & Rana Rahimpoor, 2017. BBC Persian Television (Persian: تلویزیون فارسی بیبیسی Televizion-e Fârsi-ye BBC) is the BBC's Persian language news channel that was launched on 14 January 2009. [1] The service is broadcast by satellite and is also available online.
The BBC states Iran began targeting BBC Persian staff after the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, when the Iranian government accused foreign media and intelligence services of interference. Iran has accused 152 current and former staff and contributors of "conspiracy against national security" and started criminal investigations, as ...
BBC News Persian – an Iranian/Afghan news channel available in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan; BBC UKTV – an entertainment channel available in Australia and New Zealand (formerly in a 20% joint venture with Foxtel (60%) and RTL (20%), but as of 1 July 2008 wholly owned [1] [2]) BBC News – an International news channel from the ...
Those associated with the BBC's Persian service have been targeted for years by Tehran and barred from working in the country since its disputed 2009 presidential election and Green Movement protests.
Iran has detained eight suspects related to Sunday's attack on Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary said on Monday, adding that all were foreigners. One person was ...
Rana Rahimpour (Persian: رعنا رحیمپور, born 9 January 1983) is an Iranian-British journalist who worked as the BBC Persian’s Lead Presenter and bilingual correspondent since 2008 until 2023.Rana Rahimpour married an Englishman in 2009 and has two children named Tara and Damon.
Iran International (Persian: ایران اینترنشنال, romanized: Iran Internešenal) is a Persian-language satellite television channel and multilingual digital news operation established in May 2017 and headquartered in London aimed at Iranians and people interested in Iranian news, culture, society and sports.
Iran International, a U.K.-based Farsi-language TV channel, is moving to the U.S. after British officials cited threats to channel staff from Iranian agents.