BBC Persian

August 15, 2024

BBC News website coverage of strike on Hizballah commander

Previously we discussed the BBC News website’s coverage of the July 27th Hizballah rocket attack o...

April 11, 2024

BBC reporting on the strike on IRCG officers in Damascus

Following the April 1st strike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus the BBC New...

December 7, 2023

BBC News once again erases UNSC resolution 1701 from a Lebanon story

On November 27th the BBC News website published a report by Nafiseh Kohnavard of BBC Persian which r...

March 1, 2022

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – FEBRUARY 2022

Throughout the month of February 2022, sixteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or t...

February 25, 2022

A Corona vaccines story the BBC did not consider newsworthy in English

The BBC News website has a dedicated ‘Coronavirus pandemic’ page, a ‘health’ page, a ‘vacc...

February 7, 2022

BBC Persian again employs context-free quote to ‘support’ speculation

On the morning of February 6th an article headlined “Israel’s Mossad suspected of high-level...

April 20, 2021

Reviewing BBC News website coverage of the Natanz incident

In the week following the April 11th incident at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran the BBC News we...

December 3, 2020

BBC Persian service journalist fabricates Netanyahu quote

On November 27th the BBC News Channel aired a “breaking news” item concerning the assassination ...

July 13, 2020

BBC World Service radio airs speculation presented as ‘analysis’

The BBC has shown significant interest in a number of recent incidents at various sites in Iran and ...

February 2, 2020

Former BBC Persian journalist mourns Qasem Soleimani

BBC Persian’s former correspondent in Jerusalem and Gaza 'cherishes' the memory of Qasem Soleimani...