A journalist with Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian service said he was fired over efforts to limit coverage of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.
Ahmad Batebi, a prominent Iranian dissident, human rights activist and American journalist, said he was given no explanation for why his contract was terminated but blamed it on efforts to curb coverage of Pahlavi.
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the agency overseeing the VOA, said it doesn’t comment on personnel matters. A spokesperson for USAGM further pushed back on accusations of censorship, saying VOA Persian has sent Pahlavi an open invitation to be interviewed on its programming.
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