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Themass media in Iran is both privately and publicly owned but all channels aresubject to censorship. In 2016, Iran had178 newspapers,83 magazines, 15,000 information sites andtwo million blogs.[1]A special court has authority to monitor the print media and may suspend publication, or revoke the licenses, of papers or journals that a jury finds guilty of publishing anti-religious orslanderous material or information detrimental to thenational interest. The Iranian media is prohibited from criticizing Islamic doctrine (as interpreted by the Iranian government).[citation needed]
Mass Media Regulatory Authority Organization is one of the main regulatory controllers of mass media in Iran.
MostIranian newspapers are published in Persian, but newspapers in English and other languages also exist. The most widely circulated periodicals are based inTehran. Popular daily and weekly newspapers includeIran,Ettelaat,Kayhan,Hamshahri andResalat.Iran Daily andTehran Times are both English language papers.[2] Iran’s largest media corporation isIslamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).[2] TheFinancial Tribune is the main (online)English languageeconomic journal. Iran Front Page (IFP News) is an English News website which provides its audiences with the English version of the latest news and views from Iran published by the IranianPersian-language media.[3]
A number of foreign broadcasts are transmitted into the country, includingPersian language programmes fromBBC Persian TV,Kol Israel andRadio Farda; however, these broadcasts are occasionally countered byradio jamming.[4] The government engages incensorship programs with respect to anything that diverges from national laws and regulations.[5][6] The majority ofIranians - upwards of 80 percent - get their news from government-owned media.[7] Attempts to establish private, independent media outlets in Iran have been restricted or quashed, andReporters Without Borders has declared Iran to have the highest number of jailed journalists in the Middle East. Under the 1979Iranian Constitution, all broadcasting must exclusively be government-operated and, in 1994, the Islamic Republic banned the use of satellite television.[8] In spite of which, over 30 percent of Iranians do in fact watchsatellite television channels.[9]
Iranian media includeIranian news agencies,Iranian newspapers,Iranian blogs,Persian-language magazines andPersian-language television stations (not all of which are actually Iranian).
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