Zia Atabay
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Zia Atabay is an Iranian exile assisting the US government with its campaign for regime change in Iran. He is the founder of Los Angeles-based NITV [1]. NITV is no longer broadcasting after running into financial difficulties in 2006. Some of the stations programs are now broadcast on Channel One TV. Atabay a former Iranian rockstar founded and managed the station which he founded in 2000. NITV a Farsi language channel [2], was credited by the U.S. press for encouraging street protests in Tehran after the 9/11 attacks in New York. The station is also credited with encouraging the student protests of 2003.
References
- ↑ BBC Monitor Guide to Iranian Media and Broadcasts to Iran - March 2007 Last accessed May 1st
- ↑ Fighting The War of Ideas Like a Real War, The War of Ideas Last accessed May 1st 2008