Text of press release by US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website on 7 July Washington DC, 7 July: The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will consolidate the management of Radio Farda under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as of 7 July 2008.

Text of report in English by Radio Netherlands website on 10 March The US government is planning to beam Azeri-language radio broadcasts into Iran, in a bid to influence opinion among the significant ethnic Azeri population there.

Text of press release by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on 4 March Prague, 4 March: Radio Farda, a US-funded, Persian language broadcaster, has launched a new text messaging service (SMS) for Iranians and is getting comments from hundreds of listeners on subjects ranging from politics to music to jokes.

Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 18 September Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima, a virtual prisoner in Iran for more than eight months, has left Iran and is en route to the United States -- but criminal charges against her have not been lifted.

By Nasser Karimi Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian-American reporter who was trapped in Iran for months on suspicion of trying to stir up a revolution was allowed to leave the country Tuesday and return to the United States, her employer said.