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][failed verification] 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.
Main article: 2009 Iranian presidential election protests |
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]