Voice of America Persian News Network

Voice of America Persian News Network (VOA-PNN) is a governmental international broadcaster of the United States of America in Persian language. Its headquarter is in Washington D.C. It started to broadcast its programs on 18 October 1994 with a one-hour television program. Its radio programs started on 22 November 1979 with 30 minutes broadcasting per day.

VOA Persian
Country
 United States
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
OwnerU. S. federal government
ParentVoice of America
EstablishedJuly 2003[1]
Launch date
18 October 1994 (TV)
22 November 1979 (Radio)
Former names
VOA Persia Service[1]
Budegt
$23.78 million (FY2010)[1]
Official website
Official website
LanguagePersian

The former manager of the VOA-PNN is Setareh Derakhshesh, she was fired on the last days of Trump administration.

Programs

As of July 2007, VOA-PNN broadcast 1 hour of radio programming a day, 7 hours a day of original programming for television, and a website.[1]

Original series

References
  1. Boon, Kristen; Huq, Aziz Z.; Lovelace, Douglas (2012), Global Stability and U.S. National Security, Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control, 123, Oxford University Press, pp. 375–376, ISBN 9780199915897, ISSN 1062-4007


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