BBC Persian

January 13, 2017

BBC does Iranian ‘moderates and reformists’ framing yet again

The BBC News website published numerous reports concerning the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on ...

August 16, 2016

Correction secured to BBC Persian article about Elie Wiesel

At the beginning of July we noted here that a BBC Persian article concerning the death of Elie Wiese...

July 7, 2016

BBC Persian promotes falsehood in report on Elie Wiesel’s death

h/t Dr CL A member of the public recently alerted us to an inaccuracy in an article concerning the d...

January 22, 2016

When BBC journalists become the story – and when they don’t

On January 20th followers of the BBC News Twitter account were alerted to a story described as follo...

August 9, 2015

An Iranian story the BBC chose not to translate

Last week IranWire reported a story which opens as follows: “Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcas...

October 8, 2013

Bibi’s blue jean gaffe sets off Guardian’s anti-Zionist schadenfreude radar

On Sept. 26, while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in NYC, Iran’s new president, ...

August 7, 2013

More BBC whitewashing of ‘Al Quds Day’

On August 1st 2013, the BBC News website published a ‘guide’ to Iran’s ‘Al Q...