[custom_adv] Iran International is a Persian television station headquartered in London. It is aimed at Iranian viewers and broadcasts free-to-air by satellite. The channel has received media attention for its reporting on human rights violations, political developments, LGBTQ+ rights and women's rights in Iran and has twice been nominated for International Channel of the Year by the Association for International Broadcasting. [custom_adv] Iran International's news and analysis has been cited in Western media publications including BBC News, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, Fox News, and The Independent Staff at Iran International have also appeared as experts on BBC Radio 4, Sky News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation networks and ITN. [custom_adv] Iran International is available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe and North Africa, with bureaus in Istanbul, Paris and Washington D.C. [custom_adv] Iran International was established in 2017 and is available online, via radio and via every satellite broadcasting to Iran.In 2021, an independent survey carried out by the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) found that Iran International is one of the most popular Persian language media networks amongst Iranians with 33% daily viewership. [custom_adv] More than half of the 27,000 participants surveyed also reported that they trusted Iran International "a lot" or "to some extent".Iran International relies on a team of journalists around the world and reports on current affairs, health, technology, human rights violations, LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights and more. [custom_adv] The channel has reported extensively on the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the Iran Nuclear Deal and global politics.The channel also airs television shows on sport, culture and politics and has produced documentaries that have been nominated for awards by the Association for International Broadcasters. [custom_adv] The channel has been the first to report on several exclusive news stories and has access to a network of whistleblowers and sources inside Iran. [custom_adv] Iran International reported exclusively on the extension of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's furlough, and her partner Richard Ratcliffe has been a guest on the channel multiple times. [custom_adv] The channel was also the first to report that Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo was facing deportation back to Iran from Turkey,[22] and the sentencing of The Salesman star Taraneh Alidoosti. [custom_adv] During the Covid-19 pandemic in Iran, the channel published exclusive documents pertaining to high level government corruption concerning Covid-19 medical supplies, with The Independent writing that the documents "purported to show how Iran regime figures intervened in the procurement of medical supplies to steer South Korean contracts for Covid-19 test-kits through shell companies towards conservative foundations controlled by cronies".
