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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on July 29, 2014, 1425 UTC

Title: Iran's Jamming of Satellite Signals Prevented Ability to See Fatal Sandstorm
Post by: ChrisSmolinski 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/