Iran International moves shows to Washington, citing threats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : However, the threats against Farsi-language networks broadcasting abroad have exponentially grown as they cover the nationwide protests that have rocked Iran since September -- providing information otherwise unheard across the Islamic Republic's state-controlled television and radio networks.
39% : The alleged targeting of Iran International comes as Tehran also has long harassed members of the BBC's Persian service for their work reporting on the country.
39% : Iran International has focused intensely on the nationwide protests that have swept Iran since the September death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian-Kurdish woman earlier detained by the country's morality police.
37% : Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
36% : Meanwhile, another outspoken critic of Iran's government living in the U.S. has faced multiple alleged plots by Tehran targeting her.
33% : The BBC in February filed a separate complaint to the United Nations saying there were "increased security concerns for BBC News Persian journalists in the light of extraterritorial threats."
32% : "And from now on, any kind of connection with this terrorist organization will be considered to be tantamount to entering into terrorism and a threat to the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
31% : That same month, the broadcaster said the Metropolitan Police warned that two of its British-Iranian journalists faced threats from Iran that "represent an imminent, credible and significant risk to their lives and those of their families."

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