sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message radio farda abbreviation rf formation december 2002 purpose broadcast media headquarters prague czech republic official language persian parent organization broadcasting board of governors website radiofarda.com radio farda is the iranian branch of the u.s. government funded radio free europe radio liberty rfe rl external broadcast service . it broadcasts 24 hours a day in the persian language from its headquarters in the district habigor of prague czech republic 1 hagibor the hebrew word for the hero is an area in prague the district and of prague 10 . it bears the name of a former local jewish sport club sk hagibor . radio farda first aired december 2002 . radio farda broadcasts political cultural social and art news with an emphasis on iran . the name farda means tomorrow in persian . radio farda s broadcasts have been continually blocked by iranian authorities over the history of its programming . 2 launched in december 2002 as the successor to rfe rl s persian service radio farda provides objective and accurate news and information to counter state censorship and ideology based media coverage . radio farda s new website was launched in 2006 and receives over 3 million page views every month . 3 contents 1 on radio farda 2 history 3 media environment in iran 4 radio farda awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links on radio farda edit jay solomon of the wall street journal published a feature story on the challenges radio farda faces from an increasingly repressive iranian regime as well as those in washington who seek a tougher line on iran . a few challenges he highlights are radio farda journalists being unjustly convicted of crimes against the state and millions of dollars spent on jamming radio farda broadcasts . he also goes into detail about the fine line radio farda must walk to present itself as objective and accurate news source to its audience even though it is congressionally funded through the broadcasting board of governors . 4 an iranian american journalist working for radio farda parnaz azima was banned from leaving iran after her trip to the country . she had entered iran to visit her ailing mother . she was jailed in may 2007 and released in august . 5 her passport was returned to her on a 550 000 u.s. dollar bail . according to iason athanasiadis of the christian science monitor the prague headquartered radio farda was at first tolerated by the islamic republic unlike the washington based voice of america and regularly interviewed iranian politicians . 6 however on february 7 2010 the public relations office of the ministry of intelligence announced the arrest of seven journalists described as elements of a counter revolutionary zionist satellite station and in the official pay of us intelligence organizations . they were later identified as working for the us funded radio farda . 6 radio farda s director armand mostofi told cnn it has no employees inside iran . 7 history edit radio farda was established in 2003 as a joint effort of rfe rl and voice of america voa . in 2007 the broadcasting board of governors bbg decided to consolidate all of radio farda s operations under rfe rl . then in july 2008 rfe rl assumed sole responsibility for all radio farda programming . 8 in 2009 radio farda s sms system facebook and twitter profiles were launched . farda s audience sends thousands of voice text and e mail messages and comments frequently on the website and facebook page . radio farda facebook page has over 25 000 friends . 8 media environment in iran edit following two weeks of large scale protests during the june 12th iranian elections authorities severely restricted the broadcasts of rfe rl s persian service . 9 being one of the least free media environments in the world iran ranks 185th out of 195 in freedom house s freedom of the press 2009 report behind countries like sudan saudi arabia and tajikistan . in the wake of mass public protests following june s disputed presidential elections the iranian government stepped up its efforts to control internet services and other forms of electronic communication including broadcasts from radio farda which remain illegal in the country . 10 radio farda awards edit radio farda web editor fred petrossians won a media award from think social for an internet based project he co founded that seeks to spread awareness of bloggers rights in iran and other countries with unfree media . 11 iranian born radio farda journalist ahmad rafat now a well known reporter based in italy has been honored for his more than 30 years of work advocating press freedom and exposing human rights abuses . the 2008 ilaria alpi award was presented by the italian chapter of reporters without borders to rafat at a june 7 ceremony in riccione italy . 12 see also edit international broadcasting bureau radio sawa targeting arab league states press tv irib world service al jazeera cctv international arabic rusiya al yaum al mayadeen france 24 monte carlo doualiya references edit radio farda official website . http www.rferl.org section iran 156.html radio farda fact sheet website page . http www.rferl.org info iran 186.html http www.rferl.org section iran 156.html jay solomon the wall street journal http online.wsj.com article sb121332284643270593.html mod sphere ts & mod sphere wd iran permits journalist to go september 5 2007 a b iran widens journalist crackdown before demonstrations iason athanasiadis february 10 2010 report iran cites cia in radio arrests february 8 2010 a b http www.rferl.org info iran 186.html http www.rferl.org content iranian government steps up jamming of radio farda 1763761.html freedom house 2008 freedom of the 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