U.K. Revokes Iran's Press TV License

[Generally Khan]

So its ok for Iran to ban BBC but its a joke if UK bans the PRess TV?

That makes sense.

Sure, it makes sense to you because you want to use it as a red herring.

 

[Arian]

So its ok for Iran to ban BBC but its a joke if UK bans the PRess TV?

That makes sense.

Yes. It's totally OK for Iran to ban the BBC and It's very childish and stupid of the UK to ban PressTV. Why? Iran has always reiterated that it fight backs with the western propaganda tools and has always openly said that it censors what it calls as 'soft power' and 'foreign interference' of the west in its affairs, on the other hand, the UK has always said that it is a democratic state that respects the freedom of speech and respects all opinions as it's a fundamental principle for them. But we see that the UK is just a hypocrite that can't tolerate the opposite opinion and from the beginning they've been trying hard to disconnect PressTV. It goes against all of their claims about freedom of expression and speech that they advocate for other countries.

 

[Roybot]

Yes. It's totally OK for Iran to ban the BBC and It's very childish and stupid of the UK to ban PressTV. Why? Iran has always reiterated that it fight backs with the western propaganda tools and has always openly said that it censors what it calls as 'soft power' and 'foreign interference' of the west in its affairs, on the other hand, the UK has always said that it is a democratic that respects the freedom of speech and respects all opinions as it's a fundamental principle for them. But we see that the UK is just a hypocrite that can't tolerate the opposite opinion and from the beginning they've been trying hard to disconnect PressTV. It goes against all of their claims about freedom of expression and speech that they advocate for other countries.

Press TV got banned for breaching its license agreement, not because it shows "Iranian Propaganda".

The decision stemmed from a complaint filed by Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari against Press TV after the channel aired a 2009 false confession Mr. Bahari said he gave under duress during detention in an Iranian prison. The footage—in which Mr. Bahari confessed to helping stage Iran's 2009 protests with other foreigners, in collusion with the Western media—was aired in the U.K. as well as Iran.

Ofcom, the British communications regulator, upheld Mr. Bahari's complaint in a decision last year and said Press TV beached the U.K. broadcasting code by airing the footage. As punishment, the regulator hit Press TV with a £100,000 ($155,000) fine.

The regulator didn't revoke the channel's broadcasting license at the time. But in the course of investigating the complaint, Ofcom realized editorial control of Press TV rested with the broadcaster's headquarters in Tehran, rather than with the its operations in London. That posed a problem because it was Press TV's London office that held the channel's U.K. broadcasting license. British regulations require the entity "in general control of the TV service" to hold such licenses.

"Ofcom gave Press TV Limited the opportunity to apply to have its operations in Tehran correctly licensed," the regulator said in a statement Friday. "Press TV Limited has failed to make the necessary application and Ofcom has therefore revoked Press TV's license to broadcast in the U.K."

 

[cheekybird]

Thank you for the information General Zhan.

Did the topic bothered u or the word khan?