Simaye Azadi

Simaye Azadi (Persian: سیمای آزادی‎, lit. "Face of Freedom"), also known as Iran National Television (INTV) (Persian: تلویزیون ملی ایران‎) is a satellite television channel by People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).[1] It is broadcast from Europe, containing subjects relating to Iran and PMOI. It mostly broadcasts news, but also has documentaries, music, and social and cultural specials.

Simaye Azadi
CountryEurope
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersEurope
Programming
Language(s)Persian
Picture format576i, 16:9 (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerPeople's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
History
Launched1987 (1987)
Links
Websitehttp://iranntv.com

2009 protests in Iran
Main article: 2009 Iranian presidential election protests

There were protests in Iran on the Shi'a holiday of Ashura to protest the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Abdolkarim Soroush has identified the moment as a turning point in the Ahmedinejad regime's crackdown on the Iranian Green Movement. Various parties in Iran including Kazem Jalali and the Iranian intelligence service blamed Mojahedin-e Khalq for the unrest, linking the terrorist group publicly for the first time with the Green Movement. As opposition leaders like Mir-Hossein Mousavi hurried to dispute the government's characterizations, Massoud Khodabandeh in London wrote a letter accusing the Sima-ye Azadi network of allowing Mojahedin-e Khalq to broadcast from London and that "peaceful demonstrations" were being "fatally undermined from within the UK".[2]

References
  1. "Iran opposition TV Simaye Azadi holds major telethon". NCRI. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  2. Moussawi, Ibrahim (2011). Shi-ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran. Saqi Books.


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