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U.S. satellite feeds to Iran jammed
The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | July 11, 2003 | Robert Windrem

Posted on 10/30/2003 5:19:52 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife

U.S. satellite feeds to Iran jammed Jamming signals are coming from Cuba, sources say NEW YORK, July 11 — U.S. government officials as well as Iranian Americans and communications satellite operators confirm that all U.S.-based satellite broadcasts to Iran are being jammed out of Cuba, one of Iran’s major allies and a major source of oil for the beleaguered Caribbean nation.

“WE ARE well aware of the jamming,” said one senior U.S. official familiar with intelligence on the matter. He said that it was almost certainly done as part of an effort by the Iranian government to eliminate dissent during a week of renewed student protests and the inauguration of Voice of America’s Farsi-language television programming to Iran.

Asked if the jamming were being done out of Cuba, the official would only say that it was “within the realm of possibility.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iran; iranianamericans; jammers; mrtv; satellitetv
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