A leading European satellite provider took 19 Iranian television and radio broadcasters off the air Monday as a result of European Union sanctions aimed at punishing human rights abusers.
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Who Is Behind Iran’s ‘Dangerous’ Satellite Jamming?
That’s the question people have been asking in the Islamic republic in recent days. While officials have acknowledged that signal jamming is taking place, and even warned of potentially negative consequences, no one in the government has stepped up to assume responsibility.
Forces promise satellite dish crackdown
Iranian security forces say they have renewed their crusade against satellite dishes.
Press TV banned from German Satellite
Munich’s media regulatory office (BLM) has ordered the SES Astra satellite to stop broadcasting the Islamic Republic’s English-language network, Press TV.
UN Telecommunications Body Requires Iran to Stop Satellite Jamming
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Rights Groups Prompt Tougher International Laws Regarding Jamming
Kurdistan security forces seize over 60,000 satellite dishes and arrest 1,900 people for watching satellite channels
Colonel Shah Mohammadi said that more than 61,000 items of satellite equipment were seized in Kurdistan in the first nine months of the [Persian] year.
Iranian authorities restrict work with satellite networks
The head of Iran’s security forces says Persian-language satellite networks are the “control room of disturbances” in Iran.
Iran cracks down on satellite channel viewers in Khorasan Razavi Province
Islamic Republic of Iran Police News Center :http://news.police.ir/NCMS/FullStory/?Id=215996In the implementation of another stage of the Plan to Improve Social Security in Mashhad, 1,216 satellite receivers were rounded up.
Crackdown tightens on satellite dishes
The chief of Iran’s security forces has announced that police officers are authorized to enter private residences to confiscate satellite dishes, even as Tehran’s police commissioner declared that authorities will press on with their plan to seize every dish.
Satellite ban enforced by Iranian police
Iran’s top police official has slammed the effects of satellite TV programming on Iranian society and says police have intensified efforts to confiscate receiver dishes in homes.