Iran’s HispanTV is being called out as a propaganda menace.
Source: HispanTV Is Iran’s Propaganda Arm in Latin America; Why Is It Still Being Broadcast?
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Marina Rosenberg
Defense of DemocraciesHispanTV was established in 2012, as a Spanish-language subsidiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting corporation (IRIB), which the US government sanctioned in 2013 and 2022 for its role in trampling dissent, spreading disinformation, and being an accessory to human rights violations, including broadcasting forced confessions of dissidents and foreign hostages.
Modeled after its English-language twin, PressTV, HispanTV targets Spanish speaking audiences across the globe, and is available on satellite, cable, livestreaming,
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In short, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hamas’ main sponsor, is using HispanTV to promote its proxy, defend its actions, glorify violence, and incite hatred through antisemitic innuendos about Israeli/Zionist/Jewish control of the international media.
HispanTV should therefore face the same treatment as Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, whose broadcasts were stopped by Europe’s leading satellite operator Eutelsat following an intervention by France’s broadcasting watchdog CSA. It was no coincidence that HispanTV’s sister channel PressTV was quick to denounce the decision.
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HispanTV has faced sanctions in America and Europe, where it is no longer broadcast. But it still operates in Latin America.
Here at Latin Arabia. we have been noting this troubling situation for years.
