Hyderabad, June 13 -- YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Google, has blocked the channel of Iran's Fars News Agency as part of a wider action affecting accounts linked to individuals and organisations under US sanctions.

In a post on X on Saturday, Fars News Agency said Google had blocked access to 75 channels after reviewing accounts associated with Iranian individuals and organisations subject to US sanctions.

The move comes after a report by WIRED, citing research by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a US-based non-profit organisation, which identified dozens of YouTube channels allegedly linked to sanctioned Iranian entities and individuals.

Findings of the report

According to the report, the channels were connected t...