TEHRAN — Persian-language media have been sharply divided in their coverage of Operation Flood Al-Aqsa, especially between Iranian media inside Iran and Persian-language media outside the country, which is led by the Iranian opposition.
Over the past few days, it has been noted that the media inside Iran shares its view of the Palestinian cause in general and its coverage of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation in particular.
Despite all the differences in attitudes between the conservative and reformist currents, they are united in their position towards the Palestinian cause.
In the coverage over the past few days, the media of both currents in Iran used the same Palestinian names, terminology and narratives, and allocated a large space to the "resistance" in its spaces.
Rosnoubri: There are channels that take a policy of inverting facts to serve the intelligence services in the countries that support them financially (Al Jazeera)
Addresses
The headlines of the press close to the conservative movement continue to revolve around the "Al-Aqsa flood," while the reformist press has returned to headlines despite continuing to cover what is happening in Gaza.
On the other hand, there is a Persian-language media outside Iran led by the opposition, the most important of which are Iran International, the BBC, the Voice of America, Min Utto and Al-Ghad Radio (Farda in Persian).
It is noteworthy that all these newspapers, television and radio stations, websites and news agencies support the Israeli occupation by adopting its narrative and hosting voices describing the resistance factions as "terrorism."
Haddad: Persian-language media outside Iran uses the same headlines as the Israeli occupation (Anatolia)
Adopting the occupation narrative
The BBC, for example, which broadcasts from London, calls resistance fighters "militias" and hosted an official who defended BBC Persian's avoidance of using the word "terrorism" to describe Hamas, saying they report news and do not take moral ratings.
Iran International, which moved its headquarters in February from London to Washington, D.C., for reasons it says are "related to the security of its employees," wore black clothes to mourn the dead of the Israeli occupation, and continues to publish videos from Iranian and foreign citizens that it says are solidarity campaigns with Israel.
Invert the facts
Mohammad Ali Snoubari, editor-in-chief of the New Vision Foundation for Strategic Studies in Tehran, believes that there is no Persian-language media outside Iran that practices the profession independently, saying that these channels are affiliated with countries hostile to the Palestinian cause, and this is clearly witnessed through how they deal with the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation.
Snoubari adds to Al Jazeera Net that channels such as "BBC Persian" and "Iran International" cannot be classified within the fourth pillar of democracy, in the sense that they are the mediator between reality, the field, the people, and the authorities.
These channels take a policy of "inverting the facts" to serve the intelligence services of the countries they financially support, he said.
No effect
Political analyst and media expert Mokhtar Haddad pointed out that the Persian-language media outside Iran uses the same headlines as the Israeli occupation media.
He tells Al Jazeera Net, that the financiers of these channels target the Iranian people, but they did not affect only a very small category, "while there is no difference between the Persian-speaking media inside Iran any disparity in terms of coverage and treatment of the Palestinian issue and the "flood of Al-Aqsa" specifically.