Iran blocks access to BBC Persian.com

Posted by Dominique Lewis Tuohy on January 27, 2006 at 10:55 AM

The BBC has expressed concern that Iranian authorities have blocked access to their online news service BBC Persian.com, the largest internet site in the language.

BBC World Service Director Nigel Chapman made the following statement: "BBC Persian.com is a major source of news for Iranians, and has the biggest impact of any online site or newspaper in Persian. We are very concerned at this action and regret that it deprives a great number of ordinary Iranians of a trusted source of impartial and editorially independent news and information."

The BBC plans to contact the Iranian authorities in order attempt to have access to their Persian news service reinstated. Currently, BBC online news in English is still accessible in Iran.

BBC Persian.com attracts approximately 30 million page views per month; it is the most popular of the BBC non-English language news sites.

Source: Media Guardian 

23 Comments

mohammad said:

so sorry i can't resive the bbc persian website

alex said:

salam
ma dige dastrasi be site bbc persian
ra nadarim,ya 1 adrese jadid bedin lotfan,
ya be email ersal konid.
ba tashakkor.

amir vakilian said:

faghat taasof mikhoram vase in adamaye kootah fekr,hamin!!!

Rostam Bala said:

Kiram too kooneshoon!!!

Milad said:

ma dige dastrasi be site bbc persian
ra nadarim,ya 1 adrese jadid bedin lotfan,
ya be email ersal konid.
ba tashakkor.

nasser pourhashemi said:

ZNE HARCHI SHIKH E BAYAD GAEED

A.S.Mehraban said:

please send to me a address can i see any websit without unknown any other visitor on site or ....

mehdi said:

i do not know why i am so badluk.as soon as i got your website address, goverment of iran blocked it. pleas if you got this massage help me to connect you.

free boy said:

azadi dar iran hamineh!?

sajjad said:

SALAM,MA DASTRESI BE SITE BBC PERSIAN NADARIM LOTFAN FILTER SHEKAN IN SITE RA BEDIDXZ.

mohsen said:

لطفا فیلتر شکن بفرسین برا دسترسی به بی بی سی فارسی

smko said:

ye filter shekan mikhastam
lotfan.
in che sarzaminiye ke azadi to shekame madaresh khafe mishe,,,,,,,

faraz said:

bbc persian

ho said:

ye filter shecan
plz

meisam said:

filter shekan olagh baram befrest

amir said:

salam filter shekan jadid mikham

amin said:

salam.lotfan filter shekan beferestit

ramin said:

i cant view bbc persian page

Hamed said:

salam khaheshan 1 filter shekane top beferstin kheyli fooriye
tanks
Bi RighT Back!!

HAMID said:

بفرست

javad said:

khahesh mikonam ye filter shekan befrestid

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