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VOA Persian Offers Wall-to-Wall Coverage of U.S. Congress Debate on Iran Nuclear Deal

September 9, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C.—— As the U.S. Congress begins debate on the Iran nuclear agreement, viewers in Iran will receive the most complete and unfiltered coverage of the deal from Voice of America. VOA's Persian service will be carrying wall-to-wall coverage of the debate and activities surrounding the debate, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Iran time (9 a.m. Eastern time/1300 UTC) Tuesday.Media in Iran are tightly censored and viewing of satellite-delivered television and Internet content from VOA is prohibited. But with a weekly measured audience of 20% of households inside Iran, VOA is a credible counterpoint to the one-sided, anti-U.S. message from Iranian state television. Read More