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to possible closure.
Jebelli reportedly accused President Hassan Rouhani’s administration of "negligence and deliberately exerting pressure on state TV", while adding that "the administration has refused to allocate foreign currency funds to the state broadcaster".
The Dari radio station has broadcast Shiite ideological programs into mainly Sunni Afghanistan for 40 years.
Jebelli did not elaborate on what the Rouhani administration's political motivation could be for depriving IRIB of funds, but added: "We thought the administration would do something to solve the problem after Al-Kowsar network was cut off."
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