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| Type | State media |
|---|---|
| Country | Iran |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish[1] |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting[1] |
| Key people | Ali Ejarehdar (General Director) |
| Sister channels | IRINN,Al-Alam News Network,Press TV,iFilm |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 December 2011 (2011-12-21) |
| Links | |
| Website | hispantv.com,Telegram,Twitter andLinkedIn |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| UHF (Puerto Rico) | Channel 33.1 (Fajardo; WRUA) Channel 18.2 (Naranjito; WECN) |
HispanTV is an IranianSpanish language news channel operated byIslamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,Iran'sstate-controlled broadcaster. It began broadcasting in December 2011.[2]
HispanTV's programming has been distributed inVenezuela,Spain,Argentina,Cuba and other countries worldwide. The channel is similar toPress TV, anEnglish languagenews channel andAl-Alam anArabic satellite TV station also owned by the Iranian state.
HispanTV has foreign journalists from Argentina, Chile,Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,Russia, Spain, and Venezuela. It also has journalists from Iran who speak Spanish.
The stated goal of HispanTV is to offer an opportunity for cultural exchange through television and web broadcasts between Latin-American citizens of Iranian descent,Hispanics of the United States, Muslim minorities of theHispanophone world, and Spanish-speaking foreign residents in Iran.[3]
In July 2013, HispanTV and other Iranian channels were removed from several European and American satellites.[4][5][6] HispanTV is no longer aired in Spain as Spain is a member of the EU and HispanTV now exclusively broadcasts inHispanic America. HispanTV "tried to bypass sanctions by providing live feeds of its networks throughYouTube".[7] HispanTV's YouTube channel has since been blocked.[8]
TheAnti-Defamation League has stated that "HispanTV regularly broadcasts anti-Semitic andanti-Zionist conspiracy theories" and that Iran's "influence in Latin America has been a strong feature of the Iranian government’s foreign policy in the last decade, and HispanTV serves as a platform to spread Tehran’sconspiracy theories,Holocaust denial andanti-Semitism".[7] HispanTV claimed that theCOVID-19 pandemic "is the result of a Zionist plot...This virus serves Zionism's goals to decrease the number of people in the world and prevent it from increasing."[9][10]
According to theAntisemitism in Venezuela 2013 report by the Venezuelan Confederation of Israelite Associations (CAIV) which focuses on the issue ofantisemitism in Venezuela, "distorted news, omissions and false accusations" of Israel originate from Iranian media in Latin America, especially from HispanTV. Such "distorted news" is then repeated by the Russia'sRT and Cuba'sPrensa Latina, and Venezuela's state media, includingSIBCI,AVN,TeleSUR,Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Alba TV,La Radio del Sur,Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV), YVKE Mundial,Correo del Orinoco andCiudad CCS.[11]
The documentary, based on a conspiracy theory,Plan Andinia: A New Jewish State ?, by Asela Villar, suggestsIsrael is slowly planning to invadePatagonia. It is aired on Real Stories network, belonging to Little Dot Studios andAll3Media.
