Manoto TV is a London-based Persian-language television channel launched in October 2010 by Marjan Television Network. It gained popularity among Persian-speaking audiences for its diverse programming, including documentaries, films, series, and reality shows like Googoosh Music Academy and Befarmaeed Sham. Initially available via satellite, Manoto ceased its satellite broadcasting on January 31, 2024, but continues […]
Menashe Amir, born on December 27, 1939, in Tehran, Iran, is a distinguished Iranian-Israeli journalist and broadcaster celebrated for his influential Persian-language radio program on Israel Radio International, part of Kol Yisrael. Starting his journalism career at 17 with Tehran’s Kayhan newspaper, he moved to Israel in 1959 and rose to prominence as a leading […]
Hossein Aghaie has a PhD at the Department of International Relations, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey. His research interests are mostly in the areas of security studies (Copenhagen School) with a major focus on the international relations of the Middle East, namely Iran-Turkey-Russia relations. He graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s degree in Political Science […]
Mojtaba Vahedi (born August 27, 1964, in Qom, Iran) is an Iranian journalist and political figure. Initially involved in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he later became editor-in-chief of the reformist newspaper Aftab Yazd and served as a senior advisor to opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi. Disillusioned by the regime’s unresponsiveness to reform, Vahedi fled Iran in […]
Morad Vaisi is an Iranian journalist, political analyst, and senior editor at Iran International, a 24-hour Persian-language news network. He specializes in Iranian military affairs, particularly focusing on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the political dynamics surrounding Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Vaisi is also the host of “Politics with Morad Vaisi,” a podcast […]
Iran International is a Persian language news television channel headquartered in Washington, D.C. aimed at Iranian viewers, and broadcasting free-to-air by satellite. Iran International was established in May 2017 in London but moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. in February 2023 due to increased threats from the Iranian government against Iran International’s UK-based journalists. It […]
Sima Sabet is an Iranian journalist and former television anchor known for her work with Iran International and BBC Persian, where she covered critical issues related to Iranian politics and society. Born in November 1972 in Zahedan, Iran, she holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Exeter and an MA in International […]
IraneFarda is an independent, 24-hour Persian language television station. Its offices and studios are in London, UK. Its American branch is in Los Angeles, US. Iranefarda is not affiliated with any political or government group. Iranefarda TV features political, economic and business world and local news, hourly news updates, current affairs opinion and analysis, and […]
Iraj Mesdaghi is an Iranian-Swedish writer and human rights activist. He began his political activism in the United States with the Confederation of Iranian Students and returned to Iran during the 1979 revolution. In 1981, he was arrested for his activities with the People’s Mojahedeen of Iran (PMOI) and spent over a decade imprisoned in […]