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In 2018, the BBC made an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to help stop Iran from harassing its Persian Service staff in the United Kingdom and their families in Iran. The BBC states Iran began targeting BBC Persian staff after the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, when the Iranian government accused foreign ...
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.
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.
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, public broadcaster Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Jonathan Munro Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC ...
Fardad Farahzad (Persian: فرداد فرحزاد, born 1 April 1986) is an Iranian-British journalist, TV presenter and entrepreneur. He is the anchor of 24 With Fardad Farazad on Iran International. He is the founder of YourTime TV, a decentralized Satellite TV channel where users can upload their videos and choose a time slot to broadcast it.
Negin is a former BBC Persian news anchor. Shas has more than 20 years of experience advocating for women's rights both inside and outside of Iran. Through her tireless campaigning at BBC Persian, she was instrumental in increasing the representation of women in the media from 7% to 32%. Negin has addressed the UN Human Rights Council twice ...
Sayyid Jamaluddin Mousavi (Persian: جمالالدین موسوی) is a BBC Persian TV presenter. [1] He started working for the BBC in 2001 as a journalist when he joined the BBC's Central Asia magazine in Iran and Afghanistan.
Nafiseh Kohnavard (Persian: نفیسه کوهنورد) is a multilingual correspondent who is focused on Middle East issues for BBC World Service/ BBC Persian.. She has covered the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the siege of Sinjar, Iraq, where the terrorist group massacred thousands of people from the Yazidi, religious minority, and the battle between Islamic State and the ...