National Geographic Farsi

National Geographic Farsi
	Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
History
Launched	15 October 2011 ; 1 September 2017 (relaunch)
Closed	1 May 2013 ; 1 January 2020 (reclosed)
Links
Website	natgeotv.com/farsi
Availability
Terrestrial
Oqaab; (Afghanistan)	Channel 41

National Geographic Farsi was a

National Geographic Channel. The channel broadcast via Eutelsat W3A. The channel features broadcasts of National Geographic's documentary series subtitled in Farsi. Whilst the channel was aimed to broadcast to a Persian-speaking audience in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, the channel's broadcast was based in Dubai, U.A.E.

It was co-owned by the

National Geographic magazine

, which launched later in 2012, remained in circulation.

Channel shutdown

The channel was first shut down on 1 May 2013, then relaunched on 28 August 2017. It was then shut down again on 1 January 2020 with a short notice in Persian that was published on the channel's Facebook page:[1]

As we express our gratitude to our dear audience, please be advised that for unpredictable reasons the National Geographic Farsi broadcast will be stopped as of 1 May 2013. We hope that in the future we will be able to join you again.

Although the channel is shut down, its official and social media sites remain online, albeit inactive.

Relaunch

On 28 August 2017, the channel's official Facebook page announced its relaunch to be on 1 September alongside a promotional video.^[3] Also the new availability information of the channel on Eutelsat 7 and Hotbird 13 were announced on the same day.^[4]