BBC: The BBC's newest satellite TV channel has gone on air, a Farsi language service for viewers mainly in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
BBC Persian TV will broadcast for eight hours a day, seven days a week, in peak viewing time in those countries.
The head of BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman, says millions of Iranians have dishes and there is plenty of demand.
But Iranian officials have branded the channel a "security threat" and say they will take "necessary" steps.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholamhoseyn Mohseni-Ezhei said after Wednesday's cabinet session: "We do not consider this network as suitable for the security of the country and will take the necessary measures with regards to it."
The Iranian authorities have already refused the BBC permission to conduct any production operations for the new TV channel on their soil. >>> | Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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