It seemed to be a coordinated media campaign to attack Press TV.
It came after accounts held by a British production company that makes programs for Press TV were shut down.
And on the back of revelations by the whistle blowing website Wiki leaks that the British and American governments were seeking ways of stopping Press TV from operating.
As well as being an attack on Iran, Ken Livingstone believes this is a campaign by right wing forces to ensure his defeat in the 2012 London mayoral election. But London's ex mayor says he stands by the 24 hour news channel.
Prominent activist George Galloway also believes that right-wing and pro-Israeli forces are behind a campaign to attack those who work for Press TV.
As long as relations between Iran and Britain remain strained, the attacks on Press TV in the British media are likely to continue. But management at Press TV Ltd, the British company that makes programs for the global broadcaster, say as long as they abide by British law all attacks on them are unjustified.
