Country reference
- Country codes
- IR / IRN · M49 364
- Browsing region
- Asia
- Language options to specify
- Persian, Azerbaijani (Arabic)
- UN statistical subregion
- Southern Asia
Use Press TV when you want the English-language international news service, and name domestic Iranian channels separately for Persian programmes. Press TV's own description identifies its English news role. It does not establish the schedules or languages of every IRIB service, or access through a Hot IPTV subscription.
English international news is a distinct viewing need
Press TV's About page identifies it as Iran's international English-language television news network. That is a narrower identity than Iranian television generally. A viewer seeking Persian drama or a domestic bulletin needs the actual channel and programme rather than an English news substitute.
Choose the programme and language
For an interview, give guest, topic and original date. Decide whether the complete programme, a short report or a live transmission is needed. English speech, translated captions and a Persian original are different versions; an English article about a speech does not prove the full video uses English audio. For a domestic sports request, give channel, competition, fixture and commentary explicitly instead of inferring coverage from the IRIB group name or a news report.
Place, date and viewing route
Asia/Tehran is the directory reference. Keep the Iranian programme date and actual viewing city together, especially for late-night broadcasts abroad. Public network identity does not establish regional distribution permission, Hot IPTV carriage, source resolution or replay depth.
- Choose Press TV English or a separately named domestic service.
- Add programme/guest or fixture and date.
- State original/translated audio and full versus excerpt.
- Ask for current feed confirmation and check that programme on the final screen.
Time-zone reference locations
Asia/Tehran
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.