Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has issued a list of some 60 US and international organizations and media outlets - including RFE/RL’s Radio Farda - that it accuses of backing “sedition” in Iran and playing a role in the post-election unrest. The list, carried yesterday by Iranian media, includes television networks and other media including Radio Farda, BBC, VOA, and Radio Zamaneh, which is based in the Netherlands.
An unspecified deputy intelligence minister for international affairs was quoted as having accused the organizations of working against the Iranian regime and being “examples of foreign subversive organizations.”
Other organizations include the Open Society Institute of U.S. philanthropist George Soros, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Freedom House. The unnamed official added that contacts and cooperation with these organizations are banned.
(Source: RFE/RL/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)