(BBC) Independent TV network Iran International is suspending its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists.
The Persian-language TV channel said that the decision was due to a “significant escalation in state-backed threats from Iran.”
“Threats had grown to the point that it was felt it was no longer possible to protect the channel’s staff,” it said.
The station will continue to operate from its offices in Washington, DC.
In November, two British-Iranian journalists from the channel were warned by police of a possible risk to their lives. An armed police presence was stationed near the channel’s studios in Chiswick, west London, and concrete barriers were placed outside the building.
