{"id":670,"date":"2011-09-19T08:02:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T08:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/09\/19\/iran-arrests-5-people-for-working-for-bbc\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:24:17","slug":"iran-arrests-5-people-for-working-for-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/09\/19\/iran-arrests-5-people-for-working-for-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC&#8217;s Farsi-language service.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s report on the channel&#8217;s website says the group provided the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and negative news reports on Iran. The report did not identify them by their full names.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has blocked the channel and accused it, alongside the British government, of fomenting the mass protests that broke out after Iran&#8217;s disputed presidential election in 2009. Both deny the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Farsi service has no office in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has detained many journalists and bloggers in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5is_h3X-zX3ETzvWzp31-ktudypBw?docId=a35c8c5070a249d8bcc586678ef7fb6b\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC&#8217;s Farsi-language service.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s report on the channel&#8217;s website says the group provided the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and negative news reports on Iran. The report did not identify them by their full names.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has blocked the channel and accused it, alongside the British government, of fomenting the mass protests that broke out after Iran&#8217;s disputed presidential election in 2009. Both deny the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Farsi service has no office in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has detained many journalists and bloggers in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5is_h3X-zX3ETzvWzp31-ktudypBw?docId=a35c8c5070a249d8bcc586678ef7fb6b\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC&#8217;s Farsi-language service. Monday&#8217;s report on the channel&#8217;s website says the group provided the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and negative news reports on Iran. 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