BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s crackdown on journalists

Fardad Farahzad, a presenter for BBC Persian, prepares to read the news.The BBC’s director general has accused Iran of “unprecedented collective punishment” as the corporation appealed to the UN over crackdowns on Iranian employees of its London-based Persian service.Iranian authorities have imposed an asset freeze on at least 152 BBC Persian journalists and former contributors, preventing them from conducting financial transactions or selling properties in their homeland becau