Parazit (Persian: پارازیت, pārāzit, meaning "static") was a weekly half-hour Persian-language satirical television show broadcast on Voice of America's Persian service.
It became very popular in Iran, reaching its audience via illegal satellite dishes, the internet, or bootleg DVDs.
[3] Its name is a reference to the Iranian government's repeated attempts to jam foreign satellite programming.
[3] A new season was reported to begin on 17 August 2012 after a six-month hiatus, but did not resume broadcasting.
The program and its presenters have been subject to significant criticism in Iranian state media, described by some as "character assassination".