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Iran blocks BBC satellite channel

  • Iran: Sunday, June 21 - 2009 at 11:55

Iran has blocked the satellite channel on which the BBC broadcasts its Persian television service into the country. As a result, the BBC World Service has added broadcasts from three other satellites that are out of reach of the jamming equipment being used. The BBC said the jamming began on last Friday, the day Iranians went to the polls, rather than when popular unrest began to grow.

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