Iran Media

Iran Aids In Release Of Turkish Reporters Detained In Syria

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.11.2012

ISTANBUL (AP) — One Turkish journalist detained in Syria is a devout Muslim who was on a Gaza-bound aid ship targeted in an Israeli raid in 2010, an...

Top Ten Media Failures In The Iran War Debate

Stephen M. Walt | Posted 05.14.2012

I did a brief interview for All Things Considered last Friday, on the topic of media handling of the current war scare over Iran. Here's a link to th...

Why an Iranian News Station Crying Wolf Damages All War Reporting

Chris Woods | Posted 02.04.2012

Chris Woods

Press TV claims there have been at least 56 strikes by 'U.S. assassination drones' that have killed more than 1,370 people. Yet a major study by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found no supportive evidence.

Iran Frees Two Held Over Alleged BBC Ties

AP | Posted 12.10.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says two filmmakers arrested last month over their alleged links to BBC's Farsi-language se...

Iran Media Using Archived Images To Portray UK Riots

The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Posted 10.16.2011

Iranian media affiliated to the Islamic regime have been accused of using library images from different times and locations in Britain and other parts...

Iran BANS Mention Of Opposition Leaders In Media

The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Posted 05.25.2011

Iranian newspapers have been banned from publishing the names or photos of the leaders of Iran's green movement, according to a confidential governmen...

Carla Bruni Called 'A Prostitute' By Hardline Iran Media

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state media called France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a "prostitute" on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of...

Iran Bars Media Coverage Of Opposition Leaders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian media have been prohibited from mentioning opposition leaders, including former President Mohammad Khatami...

Iran Cracks Down On Media, Foreign Journalists Arrested

Times Online | Nico Hines | Posted 05.25.2011

The Iranian regime has responded to mass protests in Tehran this week by implementing a crackdown on foreign journalists. ...

Has Iran Already Nuked Us!?

John Knefel | Posted 05.25.2011

John Knefel

It sure sounds like the media is congealing around a new meme like the unthinking wad of lard that they are.

Iranian Media Picks Up Fake Fox News Story On Obama's Hacked Blackberry

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

The Iranian state-run press has taken a satirical Fox News post as real, re-reporting a story about President Obama's BlackBerry being hacked. "Exclu...