Employees of Voice of America's Persian-language service who were sidelined by the Trump administration have been hastily called back to duty as Iran and Israel exchange missile strikes in a high-stakes Middle East conflict. The U.S. Agency for Global Media told employees placed on administrative leave to immediately return to their roles providing counter-programming to Iranian state media as the conflict between the two nations escalated Friday, according to an email seen by POLITICO and three people familiar with the situation.
There are 75 full time employees within VOA's Persian wing -- the language predominantly spoken in Iran -- and it's believed most, if not all, have now been brought back after being put on administrative leave for three months.
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