Zia Atabay

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

1. ^ Guide to Iranian Media and Broadcasts to Iran - March 2007, http://www.arabmediasociety.com/UserFiles/DOCUMENTS%20Iran%20Media%20Guide.pdf
2. ^ Fighting The War of Ideas Like a Real War, http://jmw.typepad.com/political_warfare/files/War_of_Ideas_Waller.pdf