HispanTV is an Iranian

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news channel operated by

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's state-controlled broadcaster. It began broadcasting in December 2011. HispanTV's programming has been distributed in

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and other countries worldwide and is intended to reinforce ties between Iran and Latin American states such as Venezuela,

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, and

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as well as to counter what the Iranian government sees as unfair coverage in Western media. The channel is similar to

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, an

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and

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satellite TV station also owned by the Iranian state, which claim to provide "accurate and unbiased coverage of the world and the Middle East events as they unfold." HispanTV has foreign journalists from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua,

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, Spain, and Venezuela. It also has journalists from Iran who speak Spanish.

Goals

The primary goal of HispanTV is to provide a complete platform of multimedia services to Hispanophone Latin America, Latin-American citizens of Iranian descent,

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of the United States, Muslim minorities of the

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world, and Spanish-speaking foreign residents in Iran, offering an opportunity for cultural exchange through television and web broadcasts.

TV programs

International reporters

Controversy

Sanctions

In July 2013, HispanTV and other Iranian channels were removed from several European and American satellites. HispanTV is no longer aired in Spain as Spain is a member of the EU and HispanTV now exclusively broadcasts in

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. HispanTV "tried to bypass sanctions by providing live feeds of its networks through

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". HispanTV's YouTube channel has now been blocked due to pressure to

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by the ADL.

Antisemitism allegations

The

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has stated that "HispanTV regularly broadcasts anti-Semitic and

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conspiracy theories" and that Iran's "influence in Latin America has been a strong feature of the Iranian government’s foreign policy in the last decade, and HispanTV serves as a platform to spread Tehran’s

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and

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". HispanTV claimed that the

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"is the result of a Zionist plot...This virus serves Zionism's goals to decrease the number of people in the world and prevent it from increasing." According to the ''Antisemitism in Venezuela 2013'' report by the Venezuelan Confederation of Israelite Associations (CAIV) which focuses on the issue of

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, "distorted news, omissions and false accusations" of Israel originate from Iranian media in Latin America, especially from HispanTV. Such "distorted news" is then repeated by the Russia's RT and Cuba's

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, and Venezuela's state media, including SIBCI, AVN, TeleSUR,

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(VTV), Alba TV, La Radio del Sur, Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV), YVKE Mundial,

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and Ciudad CCS. The documentary, based on a conspiracy theory, '' Plan Andinia: A New Jewish State ?'', by Asela Villar, suggests Israël is slowly planning to invade

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. It is aired on Real Stories network, belonging to Little Dot Studios and

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