In 2018 the BBC made an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to help stop Iran from harassing its Persian Service staff in the United Kingdom and their families in homeland.
In 2008, the BBC announced the launch of the BBC Persian Television. It was launched in January 2009 and is based in BBC Broadcasting House, London. It complements the BBC’s existing Persian-language radio and online services. Farnaz Ghazizadeh (born December 3, 1974) is a journalist, and BBC Persian Television Presenter.
She has been involved with BBC Persian Television. In 1999, she married Sina Motalebi. She first joined the BBC network as a radio correspondent in 2005. She later on joined the television department with a focus on international persian relations as well as hosting a weekly segment.
