BBC Persian
Persian-language radio station
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| September 2022 | BBC World Service announced a proposed closure of its Persian and Arabic radio services as part of a cost-cutting plan, with an online service to remain operational. |
| June 2021 | BBC files a complaint with the UN about ongoing harassment of BBC Persian staff through kidnapping threats by the Islamic Republic. |
| October 2020 | BBC Newsnight and The Andrew Marr Show begin sharing Studio 54D in the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, London |
| 2018 | BBC made an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to help stop Iran from harassing its Persian Service staff in the UK and their families in Iran. |
| 2017 | Iranian authorities seize the assets of 152 contributors to BBC Persian. |
| 2016 | Iranian authorities detain Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a former BBC World Service Trust employee. |
| February 2012 | BBC Persian resumes full broadcasting on Hotbird. |
| February 2011 | Another jamming incident occurs on Hotbird, with BBC Persian showing only a test card with audio service for several months. |
| May 26 2010 | BBC Persian returns to a different frequency on Hot Bird 6 after a period of test transmissions. |
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