The head of the BBC World Service Peter Horrocks says some of its language services will have to close as a result of budget cuts and funding changes, but he couldn't yet say how many or which ones.

BBC世界服务负责人彼得•赫鲁克斯（Peter Horrocks）表示，由于预算削减和筹款变革，BBC将关闭一些语言服务，但是他目前还不能确定要关闭多少，关闭哪些。

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Peter Horrocks, director of BBC Global News, said that it was an attempt by the authorities to "persuade some people in the Iranian population that the BBC Persian service is as they claim distorted and following the British government's agenda".

BBC: Iran 'intimidating BBC journalists'

And despite the rather short notice, the BBC World Service's Director, Peter Horrocks, took a lead by asking participants in a seminar on media freedom held on May 4th in Bush House, in central London, to stand for a minute's silence.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Call for a Minute��s Silence for Fallen Journalists on World Press Freedom Day