{"id":65183,"date":"2026-01-15T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65183"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:57:37","slug":"how-radio-farda-continues-to-report-from-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/how-radio-farda-continues-to-report-from-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"How Radio Farda Continues to Report from Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia, who shares an article from Radio Prague<\/a> outlining how Radio Farda continues to report on protests in Iran despite aggressive censorship, internet blackouts, and significant risks to journalists and sources on the ground. Operating from Prague as part of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda works creatively and persistently to gather and verify information under extremely challenging conditions, providing independent Persian-language reporting that remains a crucial lifeline for audiences inside Iran\u2014and an important window for listeners and readers around the world.<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares an article from Radio Prague outlining how Radio Farda continues to report on protests in Iran despite aggressive censorship, internet blackouts, and significant risks to journalists and sources on the ground. Operating from Prague as part of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda works creatively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[1162,1161,84],"class_list":["post-65183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-iran","tag-radio-farda","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gXl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3668,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/rfe-radio-farda-families-a-target-in-iran\/","url_meta":{"origin":65183,"position":0},"title":"RFE: Radio Farda Families A Target In Iran","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the points I often make is that repressive regimes can track and take action against citizens who read online content from banned\/blocked media sources. 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