Congress wants VOA to take hard line on Iran - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bryant Harris

Jul 11, 2018

A screenshot from a Voice of America newscast in Persian, uploaded July 11, 2018. — YOUTUBE/VOA Farsi

Congress is seeking to weaponize US-funded Persian-language news programs, opening a new front in the Donald Trump administration’s confrontation with Tehran.

At the center of the strategy is the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) Persian-language news services, Radio Farda and the Voice of America’s Persian News Network. Both networks employ stringers in Iran, but all federal employees are based out of Washington or Prague.

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