Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan launched a joint Persian language television network in 2010 with the aim to attract an audience of approximately 100 million Persian speakers in the region.^[1]

The Media of Iran are privately and publicly owned but subject to the control of the government. 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 antireligious material, slander, or information detrimental to the national interest. Since the late 1990s, the court has shut down many pro-reform newspapers and other periodicals.

Most Iranian newspapers are published in Persian, but newspapers in English and other languages also exist. The most widely circulated periodicals are based in Tehran. Popular daily and weekly newspapers include Ettelaat, Kayhan and Resalat. Iran Daily and Tehran Times are both English language papers.

A number of foreign broadcasts into the country exist, including Persian language programmes from Kol Israel and Radio Farda; however, these broadcasts tend to encounter occasional jamming.^[2] The government engages in one of the world's largest and most strict censorship programs to limit 'bad influences' seen in western culture, and anything seen as divergent from the country's strict religious regulations.^[3][4] The majority of Iranians -- upwards of 80 percent -- get their news from government-owned media.^[5]

Iranian media include:

• Iranian News Agencies
• Iranian Newspapers
• Iranian Blogs
• Iranian magazines
• Iranian TV stations

See also[link]

	Iran portal
	Media portal

• Cinema of Iran
• Persian Literature
• Communications and Internet in Iran
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
• Censorship in Iran
• Encyclopædia Iranica
• International Rankings of Iran in Communication
• Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gooya - List of Persian (Iranian) media on the Internet
• Gooyauk - Iranian media resources
• Jahani - List of Persian Satellite Channels

Videos

• Media in Iran - Part I Part II Part III - PressTV
• A Close Look at Iran's Media - PressTV
• Newspapers in Iran - PressTV (2011)
• 18th International Press Fair in Iran (PressTV 2011)