BBC Persian.com is a major source of news for Iranians, and has the biggest impact of any online site or newspaper in Persian. We are very concerned at this action and regret that it deprives a great number of ordinary Iranians of a trusted source of impartial and editorially independent news and information.

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Many of the European services being closed had their roots in the second World War and have served their audiences well right through the Cold War years. But Europe has changed, fundamentally, since the early '90s.

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But Europe has changed, fundamentally, since the early '90s. Now the countries to which these languages are broadcast are members of the EU (European Union), or are likely to join soon.

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We are very concerned at this action and regret that it deprives a great number of ordinary Iranians of a trusted source of impartial and editorially independent news and information.

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There has been a huge change in the media scene, with many new services opening up which subscribe to similar values as the BBC. BBC audiences are declining in many markets as they discover these new national and local services.

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