[B-Chan]

The Once and Future Shah?

[hoosierham]

All tyrants hate the free flow of information.

[habs4ever]

Take the dish.....if it means they don't roll in the tanks.

[July 4th]

This is just the people's punishment for the protests since Sept. 11. The media hasn't been reporting it, but there have been significant protests in all major cities. Iranians have always had satellite dishes - its just that they never enforced the law. If the government keeps this up, there might just be a new government in the future. About 1/2 the population is under the age of 25...they've lived under the Ayatollah since birth. And I think they're sick of it.

Also, we need to remember that the Iranians are NOT Arabs...they're Persian. AND they're Shiite muslims, who are no particular fans of Osama's idea of religion.

[RadicalRik]

So, they can't watch Hernando Rivolver on FOX News?
They're going to miss Cristiane Yah-man-poor on CNN?
No Pro-Palestinian Peter on (ABC) Afghanistan Broadcasting Company?

There will be riots in the streets...Mullahs will be beheaded....Imams will be burned alive...

[Ratatoskr]

Cultural immunity, eh? Western ideas are so seductive and compelling that the only defense against them is to shut them out by law.

That's not bad news.