Broadcast from the BBC studios in London, BBC Persian TV is available via satellite, is streamed live online (and is available on demand) on bbc.com/persian and YouTube. It also has journalists in key locations such as Beirut, Dushanbe, Istanbul, Kabul, New York and Washington. 26.

Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008 and again to BBC News (International) on 3 April 2023 after its consolidation with the domestic BBC News Channel.

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