{"id":326857,"date":"2026-03-17T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-iranians-are-being-told-about-the-war-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:00:18","slug":"what-iranians-are-being-told-about-the-war-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-iranians-are-being-told-about-the-war-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What Iranians are being told about the war | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Inzcm-AbaME\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What Iranians are being told about the war | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Inzcm-AbaME\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the war, Iranian state media has blended fact with fiction. Although millions of Iranians follow foreign-based Persian-language satellite TV channels, accessing independent information can be difficult. <\/p>\n<p>Internet blackouts, censorship, and restricted channels leave Iranians largely cut off from the outside world during unrest and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Reha Kansara from the BBC\u2019s Global Disinformation Unit followed the first week of coverage of the war by the Iranian state media and found that Iran&#8217;s state media has been using propaganda to distort the reality of what\u2019s happening on the ground &#8211; and how the proliferation of AI is gaining traction from both the state and its critics. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Iran #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of the war, Iranian state media has blended fact with fiction. Although millions of Iranians follow foreign-based Persian-language satellite TV channels, accessing independent information can be difficult. Internet blackouts, censorship, and restricted channels leave Iranians largely cut off from the outside world during unrest and conflict. 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