LONDON -- Britain's telecoms regulator says it has revoked the license of Iranian state-owned television station Press TV.
Ofcom said Friday that it was not convinced the station, an arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, had control over the programs it aired.
The threat of sanctions has been hanging over Press TV since May, when Ofcom ruled that the station broke broadcasting rules by airing a 2009 interview with detained Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari.
Bahari was jailed as a suspected spy following Iran's disputed presidential elections and said his televised interview had been scripted by his captors, who threatened to execute him unless he cooperated.
It is a crime in Britain to broadcast without a license.
