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VOA \u2014 The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seized nearly three dozen Iran-linked news websites, which it accused of spreading disinformation.<\/p>\nVOA \u2014 The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seized nearly three dozen Iran-linked news websites, which it accused of spreading disinformation.<\/p>\n
“Today, pursuant to court orders, the United States seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), in violation of U.S. sanctions,” a DOJ statement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n Iranian media confirmed that several state-linked news websites appeared “seized” by the U.S. government without any clear reason or explanation.<\/p>\n Among the sites abruptly taken offline were state television’s English-language Press TV, its Arabic channel Al-Alam, and Yemeni Houthi rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite news channel.<\/p>\n The message on the websites said the seizures had been “in accordance with a seizure warrant,” and it appeared with the seals of the FBI and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security.<\/p>\n Al-Masirah released a statement acknowledging its seizure, saying it would continue its mission of “confronting the American and Israeli acts of piracy against our nation, by any means.”<\/p>\n The news channel quickly began operating a website under a new domain name, Reuters reported. Press TV also tweeted out a new domain name for its website Tuesday.<\/p>\n