Uncovering Iran

BBC Radio 4 has just launched a series of programmes, "Uncovering Iran", which is "aimed at challenging some of the perceptions still held about this intriguing country". The introduction informs us that

The image of Iran - through the prism of the western media - gives a somewhat one-sided view of a fanatical yet repressed population railing against the Great Satan.

From the tenor of the publicity material on the BBC website, it seems likely that the BBC will be attempting to redress that perceived imbalance and to persuade us that Iran is basically a peace loving country suffering at the hand of America.

I prefer to form my view of Iranian politics from Iranian Television, available through MEMRI TV.