Independent TV network Iran International leaves UK after threats
The channel has been one of the main providers of news on the recent wave of anti-government protests in IranIndependent TV network Iran International is suspending its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists.
"Threats had grown to the point that it was felt it was no longer possible to protect the channel's staff," it said.In November, two British-Iranian journalists from the channel. An armed police presence was stationed near the channel's studios in Chiswick, west London, and concrete barriers were placed outside the building.
Protests swept across the country in September following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained by morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly. The two UK-based channels are already banned from Iran, but a press freedom watchdog says they are among the main sources of news and information in a country where independent media and journalists are constantly persecuted.
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