Iran to launch joint TV station with neighbours
February 28th, 2010
The Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Ezzatollah Zarghami, says the country plans to launch a Persian-language television station along with its two neighbours. He said that Iran had agreed to launch a regional TV channel along with Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The IRIB head added that the necessary funding for the channel had been secured. He concluded by saying that the programmes to be aired by the Persian-language channel would satisfy the tastes of different viewers.