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The Media of Iran are privately and publicly owned but subject to the control of the government, which engages in one of the world's largest and most strict censorship programs to limit the availability of information, influences of western culture, and anything seen as divergent from the country's strict religious regulations.[1][2] A special court has authority to monitor the print media and may suspend publication or revoke the licenses of papers or journals that a jury finds guilty of publishing antireligious material, slander, or information detrimental to the national interest. Since the late 1990s, the court has shut down many pro-reform newspapers and other periodicals. A number of foreign broadcasts into the country exist, including Persian-language programmes from Kol Israel; however, these broadcasts tend to encounter occasional jamming[3].
Most Iranian newspapers are published in Persian, but newspapers in English and other languages also exist. The most widely circulated periodicals are based in Tehran. Popular daily and weekly newspapers include Ettelaat, Kayhan, Resalat, Iran Daily and the Tehran Times (both are English-language papers).
Iranian media include:
See also
References
External links
- Gooya - List of Persian (Iranian) media on the Internet
- Gooyauk - Iranian media resources
- Jahani - List of Persian Satellite Channels
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