BBC Persian staff face Iranian intimidation

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BBC Persian staff face Iranian intimidation

Relatives of BBC staff in London detained and threatened by intelligence agents and one employee interrogated onlineIran is stepping up a campaign of intimidation and smears against the BBC’s Persian TV service, watched by millions of people in the Islamic Republic but loathed by the government in Tehran. In recent incidents, relatives of BBC staff in London have been detained and threatened by Iranian intelligence agents, top presenters targeted by malicious rumours and one employee subjected to an online interrogation in London after a family member in Iran was jailed.