Hamidreza Moghaddam far
- Head of Fars News Agency, National (Jan 2007 - Aug 2011)
- Human Rights Violation: Spreading hatred and defamation against political and civil activists and religious minorities (Jan 2007 - Aug 2011) read more
- Institution
- IRGC
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of expression, Right to privacy
- Description
The Fars News Agency, which started operating in February 2002, is one of the media outlets close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The Fars News Agency is funded through the financial assistance of the IRGC, and most of its media managers have a history of membership in this military organisation. Due to the secrecy of the details of the military budget in Iran, Fars' dependence on the IRGC budget has long been considered unofficial news, but in June 2008, the Tabnak website, which is said to be affiliated with Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC commander, confirmed the reports.
Fars News Agency has played a key role in libelling and spreading hatred against political, civil, environmental, human rights lawyers, women's rights activists and religious minorities, especially Baha'is and Gonabadi dervishes. In many cases, Fars News Agency's hate speech is accompanied by calls for violence against victims.
Fars News Agency has systematically participated in obtaining and publishing forced confessions of political prisoners who have been subjected to severe torture, coercion and threats, especially in broadcasting forced confessions prepared by the IRGC Intelligence Organization and the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization.- Sources
Orwellian state: islamic republic of iran’s state media as a weapon of mass suppression, FIDH & JFI, June 2020
Agakhanieh Propaganda Methods / Operational Similarities with the Baha'is, News Agency, 17 September, 2012
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Moghaddam-Far-0014.pdf
The government and seminaries will support each other, Fars News, November 2010
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Moghaddam-Far-0013.pdf
Inciting Hatred: Iran’s Media Campaign to demonize Baha'is, Baha'i International Community, 2011
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/inciting-hatred-appendix-ii-1.pdf
The United States and Western governments support the Baha'i sect, Fars News Agency, 4 February, 2009
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/HamidReza-Moghaddam-far-09.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Spreading hatred and defamation against political and civil activists and religious minorities (Jan 2007 - Aug 2011) read more
- Cultural Deputy of the IRGC, National (Sep 2001 - present)
- Cultural advisor for Azad University, National (Nov 2017 - present)