The channel broadcasts live from studio 44D, a green screen studio in BBC Broadcasting House, London, for nine hours every day (13:30-22:30 GMT, 17:00-02:00 Tehran time). Studio 54D, BBC Persian’s home since its launch, is currently being refurbished to enable HD programming and automation of studio equipment.
In response, BBC Persian started transmission on other satellites and increased their broadcast hours in order to combat the interferenceThe channel has been accused by Iranian state television of encouraging “illegal” rallies and manipulating the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic, a claim which the BBC denies.
