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Radio Farda is the Iranian branch of the U.S. government-funded ''Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty'' (RFE/RL) external broadcast service. It broadcasts 24 hours a day in the Persian language from its headquarters Prague, Czech Republic,〔Radio Farda Official Website. http://www.rferl.org/section/Iran/156.html〕 Radio Farda first aired December 2002. Radio Farda broadcasts political, cultural, social, and art news with an emphasis on Iran. The name "Farda" means "tomorrow" in Persian. Radio Farda's broadcasts have been continually blocked by Iranian authorities over the history of its programming.〔Radio Farda Fact Sheet Website Page. http://www.rferl.org/info/Iran/186.html〕 Launched in December 2002 as the successor to RFE/RL's Persian Service, Radio Farda provides objective and accurate news and information to counter state censorship and ideology-based media coverage. Radio Farda's new website was launched in 2006 and receives over 3 million page views every month.〔http://www.rferl.org/section/Iran/156.html〕 ==On Radio Farda== Jay Solomon of the Wall Street Journal published a feature story on the challenges Radio Farda faces from an increasingly repressive Iranian regime as well as those in Washington who seek a tougher line on Iran. A few challenges he highlights are Radio Farda journalists being unjustly convicted of crimes against the state, and millions of dollars spent on jamming Radio Farda broadcasts. He also goes into detail about the fine line Radio Farda must walk to present itself as objective and accurate news source to its audience even though it is congressionally funded through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.〔Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121332284643270593.html?mod=sphere_ts&mod=sphere_wd〕 An Iranian-American journalist working for Radio Farda, Parnaz Azima, was banned from leaving Iran after her trip to the country. She had entered Iran to visit her ailing mother. She was jailed in May 2007 and released in August.〔(Iran Permits Journalist to Go ), September 5, 2007〕 Her passport was returned to her on a 550,000 U.S. Dollar bail. According to Iason Athanasiadis of the ''Christian Science Monitor'', the Prague-headquartered Radio Farda was at first "tolerated" by the Islamic Republic, unlike "the Washington-based Voice of America", and "regularly interviewed Iranian politicians".〔(Iran widens journalist crackdown before demonstrations ), Iason Athanasiadis, February 10, 2010〕 However, on February 7, 2010, the public relations office of the Ministry of Intelligence announced the arrest of seven journalists described as "elements of a counter-revolutionary Zionist satellite station" and in the "official pay" of US intelligence organizations. They were later identified as working for the US-funded Radio Farda.〔 Radio Farda's director, Armand Mostofi, told CNN it has no employees inside Iran.〔(Report: Iran cites CIA in radio arrests ), February 8, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radio Farda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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