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Does anyone here speak Persian? [1]
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Date: 2025-06-13
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict
Employees of Voice of America’s Persian-language service who were sidelined by the Trump administration have been hastily called back to duty as Iran and Israel exchange missile strikes in a high-stakes Middle East conflict.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media told employees placed on administrative leave to immediately return to their roles providing counter-programming to Iranian state media as the conflict between the two nations escalated Friday, according to an email seen by POLITICO and three people familiar with the situation.
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The abrupt decision to recall employees of the Persian service occurs as the conflict appears to be escalating following the overnight strike on Iran directed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Iranian response. VOA would typically heavily rely on contractors for this coverage — but last month the administration terminated a large swath of them.
“It just shows how idiotic they are, consistent with this firing and rehiring pattern that has cost Americans who knows how many millions of dollars,” one VOA employee on administrative leave, said on condition of anonymity to speak candidly. “This is the real fraud, waste and abuse.”
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