Iran:Press TV loses UK licence

Press TV, the Iranian state-run English-language TV, lost the license in UK due to what Ofcom says “breaching the Communications Act”. Maziar Nazemi, a presenter at Iran state-run TV believes [fa]: “It is obvious that every media is fulfilling the goals of its sponsors. So Ofcom's decision is a political one”. On the other hand, Mizan Ghalam supports UK decisions and considers[fa] “justice is done”.

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