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Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,686670,00.html
Iran Jams Satellite Signals Carrying Foreign Media
(Der Spiegel-Germany) Christoph Seidler - The regime in Tehran has been blocking foreign media broadcasts, including those of the BBC and Voice of America, from Europe's largest television satellite, Hot Bird 8, in an effort to prevent critical foreign media coverage from reaching domestic viewers. When the Iranian regime decides to block its signals and targets the satellite, the Farsi services of the BBC and Voice of America instantly disappear from television screens not just in Iran but throughout the satellite's coverage area. The UN has condemned it as an act of sabotage.