Mass media in Iran

The mass media in Iran is both privately and publicly owned but all channels are subject to censorship.

[1] A special court has authority to monitor the print media and may suspend publication, or revoke the licenses, of papers or journals that a jury finds guilty of publishing anti-religious or slanderous material or information detrimental to the national interest.

Popular daily and weekly newspapers include Iran, Ettelaat, Kayhan, Hamshahri and Resalat.

[4] The government engages in censorship programs with respect to anything that diverges from national laws and regulations.

Under the 1979 Iranian Constitution, all broadcasting must exclusively be government-operated and, in 1994, the Islamic Republic banned the use of satellite television.