Sahar TV

Sahar TV (Persian: شبکه سحر, Shabake-e Sahar, SAHARTV), is the name of an Iranian TV channels that is part of Sahar Universal Network (SUN) which is the branch of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting responsible for broadcasting programs internationally via its Azeri, Balkan, Kurdish and Urdu language television channels.

On 16 December 1997, Sahar Universal Network began broadcasting English programs for one hour a day.

Programming is not restricted to politics and news, but scientific and social documentaries, clips, and game shows also.

[citation needed] In February 2005, French-based Eutelsat banned all broadcasts of Sahar TV by the orders of the administrative court, due to the channel's alleged incitement of antisemitism by broadcasting the Syrian TV series Zahra's Blue Eyes, which was produced by the Lebanese TV station, Al-Manar, owned by Hezbollah organization.

[1][2][3] Iraqi information director Nazar Heydar cited the French ban has violated human rights conventions.