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Iran's Jamming of Satellite Signals Prevented Ability to See Fatal Sandstorm
« on: July 29, 2014, 1425 UTC »
The Iran Meteorological Organization has reported to the Iranian Parliament that the reason it was unable to provide sufficient warning to Tehran citizens ahead of a June 12, 2014 sandstorm that claimed five lives and injured 44 Tehran citizens, was the Iranian authorities’ practice of jamming international broadcast signals, according to a July 22 article in Etemad Newspaper.  Signal jamming is routinely carried out by Iranian authorities as a means to block all but state-approved broadcasts from reaching Iranian citizens.

Full article: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/07/jamming-satellite/
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