Difference between revisions of "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. | + | '''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 {{ref|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, 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. | + | NITV is no longer broadcasting after running into financial difficulties in 2006. Some of the stations programs are now broadcast on Channel One TV {{ref|1}}. Atabay a former Iranian rockstar founded and managed the station which he founded in 2000. NITV a Farsi language channel {{ref|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 {{ref|1}}. |
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | #{{note|1}} Guide to Iranian Media and Broadcasts to Iran - March 2007, http://www.arabmediasociety.com/UserFiles/DOCUMENTS%20Iran%20Media%20Guide.pdf | ||
| + | #{{note|2}} Fighting The War of Ideas Like a Real War, http://jmw.typepad.com/political_warfare/files/War_of_Ideas_Waller.pdf | ||
Revision as of 01:51, 13 March 2008
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 [2]. Atabay a former Iranian rockstar founded and managed the station which he founded in 2000. NITV a Farsi language channel [3], 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 [4].
References
- ^ Guide to Iranian Media and Broadcasts to Iran - March 2007, http://www.arabmediasociety.com/UserFiles/DOCUMENTS%20Iran%20Media%20Guide.pdf
- ^ Fighting The War of Ideas Like a Real War, http://jmw.typepad.com/political_warfare/files/War_of_Ideas_Waller.pdf
