Internet radio in Iran in numbers
As of , radioko lists 22 radio stations from Iran that stream online. 21 of the 21 stations we could test on played. The count covers the internet streams radioko lists and tests every night, with duplicates merged; it is not the number of licensed broadcasters.
Last updated:
- Stations listed
- 22
- Played in our latest check
- 21 of 21 (100%)
- Did not play
- 0
- No clear result
- 1
- Not tested yet
- 0
- Typical bitrate (median)
- 128 kbps
We hide a station once it fails our check three nights running: these figures describe the stations listed here, not every stream on the internet.
How the numbers are made
| Step | Stations |
|---|---|
| Records in our sources marked as working | 30 |
| Moved to or from another country's list, or removed as foreign | 0 |
| Duplicates merged | -7 |
| Cannot play in a browser (unsecured stream, format or address) | 0 |
| Left out on request or by our listing rules | -1 |
| Hidden after failing our check three nights running | 0 |
| Stations listed | 22 |
| Played in our latest check | 21 |
Most common genres
| Genre | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pop | 2 | 9% |
| News | 1 | 5% |
| Christian | 1 | 5% |
| Talk and culture | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 82% |
A station can have more than one genre, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Other languages on air
| Language | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Persian | 13 | 59% |
Stream formats
| Stream | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| MP3 | 21 | 95% |
| HE-AAC v2 | 1 | 5% |
Featured stations ()
| # | Station | Place | Stream |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iraninternational | MP3 | |
| 2 | Radio Navahang | MP3 · 128 kbps | |
| 3 | ایران Radio Liberty (Iran) | MP3 | |
| 4 | parsa | MP3 · 64 kbps | |
| 5 | RadioSimorgh | MP3 · 128 kbps | |
| 6 | Faz | MP3 · 128 kbps | |
| 7 | Radio Yar Plus2 | MP3 · 128 kbps | |
| 8 | Radio Gachsaran | MP3 | |
| 9 | Radio Mojdeh | MP3 · 128 kbps | |
| 10 | Iran On Air | HE-AAC v2 · 24 kbps |
Our order: stations that played in all our recent nightly checks come first, and among them the best known (a regulator's licence, an encyclopedia article). Updated . Every stream here passed its latest check.
Source: the stations from Iran listed on radioko and our own nightly test of every stream.
Figures may be quoted with credit: radioko, .