Jiar Gol

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156 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 20 Jul

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Global News Podcast · French court clears way for Marine Le Pen presidential run · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, I just want to thank Jen for the question.

I think it's a very valid question.

And thank you for the opportunity.

Let us explain exactly what's happening.

So the Iranian government is very strict on journalists.

We don't have an office in Iran.

We are not allowed to operate in Iran.

But despite this, we have around 20 million viewers weekly.

And if you just look at our Instagram, it has more than 23 million followers and so many more who are afraid even to follow us inside Iran because of the regime.

Even some people, if they give us an interview, they could be prosecuted.

The Iranian regime trying to control the narrative only allows international journalists go to the country when they think they can show the unity in the country.

And in fact, in January this year, thousands of young protesters, men and women, were killed simply they went to the streets.

Of course, they didn't allow any journalists to go there.

And obviously, we as a BBC Persian community,

We have networks of trusted people inside Iran.

We can rely on citizen journalists also.

And obviously, we have a lot of pictures from the state television itself.

But what we do normally, we bring experts, people who have a real knowledge, give a perspective.

accurate picture of what is going on inside the country.

You may be surprised, even we have heard some of Iranian officials in power, they don't trust their own state media because it's all propaganda.

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