Sahar TV (, ''Shibkâh-e Siher'', ''SAHARTV''), is the name of an Iranian TV channels that is part of Sahar Universal Network (SUN) which is the branch of
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian Rev ...
responsible for broadcasting programs internationally via its
Azeri
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
In February 2005, French-based Eutelsat banned all broadcasts of Sahar TV by the orders of the administrative court due to its alleged incitement of antisemitic tirades for broadcasting Syrian TV series, ''
Zahra's Blue Eyes
''Zahra's Blue Eyes'' ( Persian: جشمهاى آبى زهرا), also titled ''For You, Palestine'', is a Syrian-Iranian television series which premiered in 2004 on Sahar 1. It was created by 'Ali Derakhshi, a former official of the Iranian Educa ...
'', which was produced by the Lebanese TV station,
Al-Manar
Al-Manar ( ar, المنار, ''al-Manār'', lit='' The Lighthouse'') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the political party Hezbollah,
, owned by Hezbollah organization. Iraqi information director Nazar Heydar cited the French ban has violated human rights conventions.