The BBC has filed an urgent complaint to the UN over what it says is Iran’s ongoing harassment of journalists at its Persian service and their families.
It comes amid escalating security concerns, after a year in which Iran has been accused of conducting unlawful operations against journalists abroad.
BBC World Service Director Liliane Landor said staff faced asset freezes, online harassment and death threats.
“It must stop,” she told a conference on media freedom in Estonia.
The Iranian government has previously denied the allegations, and accused the BBC of spreading false information to encourage its overthrow.
BBC News Persian reaches a weekly global audience of almost 22 million people, including around 13 million in Iran, where the service is banned.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
