The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 23, 2021 U.S. Gov't Seizes PressTV.com and Other Websites Linked to Iran --------------------------------------------------------------- The United States government has seized dozens of website domains linked to Iran, including state-owned Press TV.com, a popular English-language news site. They also shut down Yemeni and Iraqi channels. Journalist and news host Rania Khalek tweeted, "If a country did this to US media outlets it would be seen as an act of war." .