Simaye Azadi
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Country | Europe |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Europe |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Persian |
Picture format | 576i, 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran |
History | |
Launched | 1987 |
Links | |
Website | http://iranntv.com |
Simaye Azadi (Persian: سیمای آزادی, lit. "Face of Freedom"), also known as Iran National Television (INTV) (Persian: تلویزیون ملی ایران) is a satellite television channel by the organisation People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).[1] It is broadcast from Europe, containing subjects relating to Iran and PMOI. It mostly broadcasts news, but also has documentaries, music, and social and cultural specials.
2009 protests in Iran
[edit]There were protests in Iran on the Shi'a holiday of Ashura to protest the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Abdolkarim Soroush has identified the moment as a turning point in the Ahmedinejad regime's crackdown on the Iranian Green Movement. Various parties in Iran including Kazem Jalali and the Iranian intelligence service blamed Mojahedin-e Khalq for the unrest, linking the group publicly for the first time with the Green Movement. Opposition leaders like Mir-Hossein Mousavi hurried to dispute the government's characterizations.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iran opposition TV Simaye Azadi holds major telethon". NCRI. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Moussawi, Ibrahim (2011). Shi-ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran. Saqi Books. ISBN 9780863568312.