Iran dismisses head of state broadcasting company after insulting Sunnis and Saudi Arabia – Middle East Monitor

Iranian authorities have dismissed a state television official and his executive assistant and filed lawsuits against eight other employees for insulting Sunnis and Saudi Arabia.

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Friday that the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Peiman Jbeili, dismissed the director of the first channel on the state television and his executive assistant.

The newspaper reported that this move came after a wave of…