of the company that runs the Farsi1 entertainment channel that is broadcast into Iran by satellite. “Four or five” people were arrested, the government announced. The company, a joint operation of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and the Moby Group run by Afghans who were raised in Australia, has been denounced by Iran for months for transmitting frivolous entertainment shows that have drawn a huge audience since it started 16 months ago. Our question is: Why has the Islamic Republic just gotten around to closing the office now?
