Repeats of news and entertainment programmes, plus visualised radio bulletins, fill the remaining 15 hours.Programmes cover a variety of genres including current affairs, documentaries, light entertainment, culture, science, business and the arts. Entertainment programmes such as BBC Sound, Sherlock, Glastonbury Festival and Top Gear are broadcast with Persian dubbing.
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.
