{"id":199203,"date":"2019-12-13T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T08:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199203"},"modified":"2019-12-16T08:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:17:36","slug":"bbc-persian-partner-in-economic-terrorism-against-iran-uk-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199203","title":{"rendered":"BBC Persian partner in economic terrorism against Iran: UK envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Press TV \u2013 Dec 12, 2019<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_199204\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unrest-in-Tehran-Nov-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199204\" class=\"wp-image-199204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unrest-in-Tehran-Nov-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unrest-in-Tehran-Nov-2019.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unrest-in-Tehran-Nov-2019-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-199204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo is taken during the foreign-backed riots that broke out across Iran in November 2019, following a government decision to increase the fuel price. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Iran\u2019s UK ambassador says BBC Persian news network is partaking in the US-led campaign of economic terrorism targeting the Islamic Republic by painting a black picture of conditions inside the country and instigating Iranians to take their assets out of banks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hamid Baeidinejad tweeted the remarks on Thursday, citing a Wednesday \u201cinterview\u201d by the BBC News\u2019 Persian service with a US-based \u201cpolitical activist\u201d as an example of the attempted anti-Iran sabotage by the channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The envoy said during the \u201cinterview, which had been recorded and planned in advance,\u201d BBC Persian\u2019s presenter and the so-called activist \u201cwere, through painting a very mendacious picture of Iran\u2019s economic situation, unequivocally called\u00a0on Iranians to immediately take their assets out of Iranian banks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cAnd they [make so bold as to] call themselves journalists. No this is [not journalism, but] partnership in the economic terrorism project, against Iran\u201d Baeidinejad protested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Last month, UK-based anti-Iran television channels, namely BBC Persian, Manoto, and Saudi-funded Iran International, markedly cranked up their extensive anti-Iranian propaganda campaign by throwing their support behind foreign-backed rioters, who sought to take advantage of protests over a fuel price hike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Tehran has sent an official protest note to Britain\u2019s communications regulator Ofcom over the channels\u2019 \u201cmalicious skewing\u201d of Iran\u2019s recent developments, and \u201ctheir invitation of extensive violence against the country\u2019s civil institutions.\u201d Via the letter, Tehran has required that the media outlets be subjected to due process over their questionable performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0622\u0641\u06a9\u0627\u0645\u060c \u0646\u0647\u0627\u062f \u0646\u0638\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0628\u0631 \u0631\u0633\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0647\u0627\u06cc \u062a\u0635\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u06cc \u0627\u0646\u06af\u0644\u06cc\u0633\u060c \u062f\u0631 \u067e\u0627\u0633\u062e \u0628\u0647 \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u062c.\u0627.\u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0647 \u0634\u0628\u06a9\u0647 \u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0646\u062f\u060c \u0636\u0645\u0646 \u062a\u0627\u06cc\u06cc\u062f \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0622\u0645\u0627\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u062f \u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0628\u0631\u0631\u0633\u06cc \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0628\u0645\u062d\u0636 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a \u0628\u0631\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u0634\u062e\u0635 \u0645\u0648\u0631\u062f \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0627\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0646\u0645\u0648\u062f. \u0647\u0645\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0647 BBC \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc \u0646\u06cc\u0632 \u0627\u0632 \u0637\u0631\u06cc\u0642 \u0634\u0628\u06a9\u0647 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06cc BBC \u062f\u0631 \u062c\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hamid Baeidinejad (@baeidinejad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baeidinejad\/status\/1204810362958340099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Wednesday, Baeidinejad noted that Ofcom had confirmed receiving the protest letter, and expressed its readiness to process it upon receiving the broadcast material containing the provocative content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Islamic Republic has also separately complained to the BBC over the Persian broadcaster\u2019s conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cEconomic terrorism\u201d is the name assigned by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the United States\u2019 frenetic efforts to bring Iran under economic pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Leading the policy, the US left an international nuclear agreement with Iran last year, and returned the nuclear-related sanctions that had been lifted under the deal. Washington has also been trying to bend its allies into falling into line with the campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The UK-based channels\u2019 contribution to the US-led drive does not mark the first time they have been either trying to portray the Islamic Republic in a bad light or joining forces with anti-Iranian elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Last year, BBC Persian and Iran International interviewed a spokesman for al-Ahvaziyah terrorist group, which had staged a deadly attack during a military parade in southwestern Iran, killing 24 people, including children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Back then, Tehran filed a relevant complaint with Ofcom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The media watch, however, did not find either channel to be in default of any regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/12\/12\/613482\/Iran-BBC-Persian-economic-terrorism\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s UK ambassador has accused the BBC of participating in a U.S.-led campaign to destabilise the Islamic Republic, which resulted to unrest in Tehran last month   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,51,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-Iran","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199206,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199203\/revisions\/199206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}