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'''Iran International''' ({{lang-fa|ایران اینترنشنال}}) is a Persian language news television channel headquartered in [[London]] aimed at [[Iran]]ian viewers,<ref name="FT">{{citation|last1=Kerr|first1=Simeon|title=Saudi-backed broadcaster launches video challenge to Netflix|date=8 January 2019|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7d64039c-1295-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e|work=Financial Times|quote=Saudi investors have also established a London-based [[Persian language|Persian]]-language news network, Iran International, to serve Iranian viewers.|access-date=17 July 2020|last2=England|first2=Andrew|last3=
Iran International is owned by Volant Media UK Ltd.<ref name="companieshouse">{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09918100|title=Volant Media UK Ltd - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}</ref> It is licensed in the United Kingdom to Global Media Circulating Ltd as an editorial news service based in London<ref name="static.ofcom.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/html/tv/cs/tlcs101864ba1iraninternational.htm|title=Ofcom Home - Licensing Home - TV Cable and Satellite|access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref> and is managed by DMA Media Ltd, which has bureaus in Paris, Istanbul, Kabul and Washington.<ref name="Iran International">{{cite web|url=https://www.dma-media.com/2018/06/iran-international/|title=Iran International|date=12 June 2018 |publisher=DMA Media|access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref> Volant Media UK launched a sister channel in 2021, [[Afghanistan International]].<ref name="old.iranintl.com">{{cite web | url=https://old.iranintl.com/en/world/volant-media-uk-launches-afghanistan-international-tv | title=Volant Media UK Launches Afghanistan International TV | date=16 August 2021 }}</ref>
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Iran International claims to have 20 million viewers despite the [[Government of Iran|Iranian government]] using satellite jammers. The network focuses mostly on news reporting and programming, but also broadcasts programs and documentaries on science, art, technology, sports and culture. The ''24'' programs with [[Fardad Farahzad]], the first title (تیتر اول) with [[Nyusha Sarmi]] (formerly Fardad Farahzad) and the perspective among the news-analytical programs and the window and ''[[Hattrick (TV program)|Hattrick]]'' with [[Mazdak Mirzaei]] are among its cultural-artistic and sports programs, respectively.
The channel has received media attention for its reporting on human rights violations, political developments, [[LGBTQ+ rights]] and [[women's rights in Iran]]<ref name="Reid-Smith">{{Cite web|last=Reid-Smith|first=Tris|date=2020-06-17|title=How this lesbian TV reporter uses journalism to fight for the LGBT+ community in Iran|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/how-this-lesbian-tv-reporter-uses-journalism-to-fight-for-the-lgbt-community-in-iran/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Gay Star News|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113200727/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/how-this-lesbian-tv-reporter-uses-journalism-to-fight-for-the-lgbt-community-in-iran/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="McKay">{{Cite web|last=McKay|first=Hollie|date=2020-06-26|title=From poisonings to beheadings, 'honor killings' in Iran gets a fresh spotlight with social media|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-honor-killings-social-media|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> and has twice been nominated for International Channel of the Year by the [[Association for International Broadcasting]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Iran International TV Leads Popularity Stakes |url=https://aib.org.uk/iran-international-leads-popularity-stakes/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=AIB |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Association for International Broadcasting|url=https://iranintl.com/en/association-international-broadcasting|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Iran International|language=en}}</ref> It is also known that the channel has ties with the [[House of Saud|Saudi Arabian royal family]], with some funding for the channel coming from people closely associated with them,<ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="WSJ" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/oct/02/ofcom-investigates-tv-network-interview-praising-terror-attack-iran|title=Ofcom examining TV network over interview praising attack in Iran|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan|date=2 October 2018}}</ref> such that the Iranian government has specified the tethering of Iran International's activities as a prerequisite for normalization of its disturbed diplomatic relations with the Saudi administration.<ref name="agsiw.org">{{cite web |title=Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington |url=https://agsiw.org/iran-international-tv-at-the-center-of-iran-saudi-arabia-talks/ |website=The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington |date=13 January 2023 |publisher=Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref> Iran
In 2022, an independent survey carried out by the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) and reported by the AIB<ref name=":0" /> found that Iran International is the most influential source of independent news in Iran with 33% of the daily audience.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=Iranians' Attitudes Toward Media: A 2021 Survey Report|url=https://gamaan.org/2021/04/05/gamaan-media-survey-english/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=گَمان - گروه مطالعات افکارسنجی ایرانیان|language=fa-IR|archive-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412083043/https://gamaan.org/2021/04/05/gamaan-media-survey-english/|url-status=dead}}</ref> More than half of the 27,000 participants surveyed also reported that they trusted Iran International "a lot" or "to some extent".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=UK-based TV stations Iran Intl, Manoto 'most popular' among Iranians: Survey|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/04/05/UK-based-TV-stations-Iran-Intl-Manoto-most-popular-among-Iranians-Survey|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Al Arabiya English|language=en}}</ref> During the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] on 9 November 2022, the Iranian Minister of Intelligence Ismail Khatib announced that Iran International had been declared a [[terrorist organization]] by the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], accused by the government of inciting riots protesting the regime.<ref name="agsiw.org"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=9 November 2022 |title=Tehran Designates London-Based Iran International News A 'Terrorist' Organization |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-international-terrorist-organization/32122561.html |access-date= |website=[[Radio Farda]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-19 |title=Iran imposes sanctions on U.K. institutions, individuals for 'inciting riots' |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-imposes-sanctions-uk-institutions-individuals-inciting-riots-2022-10-19/ |access-date=2022-12-04}}</ref> News sources have reported that the Iranian government is waging an "intimidation campaign" against personnel of the TV station, freezing their assets, interrogating their relatives and "threatening to snatch them from British streets if they do not quit their jobs".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Das|first=Shanti|title=Iran threatens to 'snatch' Farsi reporters from British soil|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iran-threatens-to-snatch-farsi-reporters-from-british-soil-5vqk7rq7v|access-date=2020-07-31|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name="Ball">{{Cite news|last=Ball|first=Tom|title=Instagram accused of endangering Iran critics|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/instagram-accused-of-endangering-iran-critics-rpc2pjdlq|access-date=2020-07-31|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
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Iran International reported exclusively on the extension of [[Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe|Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's]] furlough,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Lucy|last2=Topping|first2=Alexandra|date=2020-06-05|title=UK coronavirus: face coverings and masks to be mandatory in English hospitals – as it happened|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/jun/05/uk-coronavirus-live-equality-watchdog-inquiry-racism-covid-19-latest-updates-news?page=with%3Ablock-5eda1b468f0854eb54d9952c|access-date=2020-12-04|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and her partner Richard Ratcliffe has been a guest on the channel multiple times.<ref name="iranintl.com">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-20|title=Richard Ratcliffe: Nazanin is a diplomatic hostage of Islamic Republic|url=https://iranintl.com/en/world/richard-ratcliffe-nazanin-diplomatic-hostage-islamic-republic|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Iran International|language=en}}</ref> The channel was also the first to report that Iranian rapper [[Amir Tataloo]] was facing deportation back to Iran from Turkey,<ref name="iranintl.com"/> and the sentencing of [[The Salesman (2016 film)|The Salesman]] star [[Taraneh Alidoosti]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='The Salesman' Star Taraneh Alidoosti Gets Deferred Prison Sentence in Iran {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/salesman-star-taraneh-alidoosti-gets-deferred-prison-sentence-iran-1300349|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=25 June 2020 }}</ref>
During the
Reporting on the execution of Navid Afkari, Iran International exclusively interviewed [[Amnesty International]]
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==Staff==
The head of TV is Mahmood Enayat,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranintl.com/en/iran-in-brief/mahmoud-enayat-new-gm-iran-international|title=Mahmoud Enayat is the New GM of Iran International|date=2019-01-18|website=Iran International|language=en|access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref> and the Director of News is Aliasghar Ramezanpour,<ref>https://iranintl.com/en/iran/ofcom-rejects-islamic-republic%E2%80%99s-complaint-against-iran-international: "Ofcom, UK media regulator, says Iran
In July 2019, Iranian media reporter [[Mazdak Mirzaei]], a football commentator and TV host joined Iran International. Mirzaei had worked for [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|IRIB]] on the weekly TV sports program [[Navad]], that was suspended by the new head of [[IRIB TV3|IRIB 3]] in March 2019.<ref name="al-monitor">{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/08/iran-irib-national-broadcaster-decline-popularity.html|title=Is Iran's national broadcaster being pushed to brink of irrelevance?|last=Ziabari|first=Kourosh|date=2019-08-19|website=Al-Monitor|language=en|access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref>
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In 2022 London's [[Metropolitan Police]] placed concrete barriers outside its studios in west London as a response to "imminent and credible threats".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Threat-hit Iran International TV resumes London broadcastsf|newspaper=[[France 24]] |language=en|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230925-threat-hit-iranian-tv-channel-resumes-london-broadcasts}}</ref>
[[Scotland Yard]] warned Iran International staff that it could not "safeguard them from Tehran-backed assassins or kidnappers on UK soil".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keogh |first=Dipesh Gadher and Glen |date=10 June 2023 |title=TV station shuts UK HQ as
Magomed-Husekjn Dovtaev was charged in 2023 with terrorism after he was found collecting information outside the channel's headquarters.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UK-based Iranian TV channel moves to US after threats from Tehran|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |language=en|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/18/uk-iranian-tv-channel-moves-us-threats-tehran}}</ref> Dovtaev was charged "with collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Iranian TV channel halts London broadcasts after threats|newspaper=[[France 24]] |language=en|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230218-iranian-tv-channel-halts-london-broadcasts-after-threats}}</ref>
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=== Response to Iranian government===
In response to Iranian government castigation, Iran International deemed it needed to increase security in order to protect its London staff from threats emanating from Tehran. These bulwarks have included concrete barriers
Eventually, on February 18, 2023
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