BBC says election broadcasts disrupted from Iran
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_uk_afp/iranvotemediabritain
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The corporation said television and radio services had been affected from 1245 GMT Friday onwards by "heavy electronic jamming" which had become "progressively worse".
Satellite technicians had traced the interference to Iran, it said.
The satellites its uses in the Middle East to broadcast BBC Persian television to Iran were being affected, meaning that audiences in Iran, the Middle East and Europe would likely experience disruption.
BBC Arabic television and other language services had also experienced transmission problems, the corporation said.
"Any attempt to block BBC Persian television is wrong and against international treaties on satellite communication. Whoever is attempting the blocking should stop it now," said BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks.
"It seems to be part of a pattern of behaviour by the Iranian authorities to limit the reporting of the aftermath of the disputed election.
"In Tehran, (BBC world affairs editor) John Simpson and his cameraman were briefly arrested after they had filmed material for a piece," he added.
Iranian authorities on Sunday shut down the office of Arab news channel Al-Arabiya in Tehran for a week in the wake of the disputed election win by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the channel said.
BBC Persian, launched in 1940, is one of the corporation's oldest non-English language services.
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Bren589
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Its very sad that people are dying over this election. Hope there will be a solution soon
- 2 years ago
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artemis6
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This looks bad .
- 2 years ago
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GodsnLiberals
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Myramar part III..i already know the ending..the UN and the liberal masses gets owned again
- 2 years ago
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GodsnLiberals
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GodsnLiberals
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these brave revolutionaries are foolish to think that the people who voted for change will bleed for them..
IT WAS ALL PILLOW TALK..send in the UN and famous..HARSH CONDEMNATIONS
- 2 years ago
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GodsnLiberals
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jh64487
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woo hoo hoo, time to kick the tires and start the fires!
exciting!
- 2 years ago
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jh64487
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NumLock:
dont worry..you be the first to know..
- 2 years ago
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Highr0ller [removed]
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Sorry BBC......I just don't believe you. It would not be the first time you were involved in Iran's politics.......you were instrumental in the deposing of the First Pahlavi Shah of Iran, and his son, the last Shah of Iran, saw your hand in his own downfall.
Poor dear Iran.....always the trouble from outside.
The Shah's father was made to resign by the British.....and he was made to sail away to South Africa, where he died. This happened because they did not like his policies. Meanwhile the British put the young Shah on the throne................a young man that they sought to manipulate......"shut up or we'll send you same way as your father" was the inference.
Dr. Mohammad Mossadq was prime minister in Iran, and he convinced the Shah that Iran should be getting more than the 10% that the British begrudgingly paid the nation for its oil. The Shah had had the same thought himself, so he allowed Dr. Mossadeq to privatize the oil company. The British Empire was shocked and accused Iran of STEALING OUR OIL.................they actually referred to the Iranian oil wells as OUR OIL. The British hatched a plot to overthrow Dr. Mossadeq but before they could implement it Dr. Mossadeq got wind of it and he threw them all out.....closing down the British Embassy where their agents were.
With no agents in the country Britain could not stage a coup....so they went to their American friends (USA Government) who agreed to do so for a 40% cut of Iran's oil.
Ladies and gentleman, this was how America entered the oil arena in Iran.
They squeezed Dr. Mossadeq's government with sanctions and the Shah left the country ( hurting economically with no income) to exile in Rome.................during these days the Americans paid the mob with US Dollars to shout LONG LIVE THE SHAH in the streets as he returned from Rome. Troops fought in the streets and Dr. Mossadeq ended his days under house arrest..............and it was the coup that toppled Iran's only ever democratically elected government. (So much for exporting democracy). From then on America was top dog in Iran.
Dr. Mossadeq was under house arrest until he died. My friend's father was one of his men and he was brutally tortured because of that.......spending years in prison where he was put on the RACK..........he was literally cooked, and I saw firsthand his chest and back.....so mutilated. He never walked properly because his feet were tortured too. He told me he was ALL OVER like his back and chest. He had no more children so I assume he was like that ALL OVER. He told me the fact he was an engineer, in a country who only had 40, saved his life.Jimmy Carter had a crusade to bring HUMAN RIGHTS to Iran, and this forced the Shah to make some reform...............but as he loosened his iron grip the situation spun out of control.
Today Saudi Arabia is in the iron grip of the Al Saud royals, supported by America, and they have learnt from the Shah's experience not to give an inch. The people are oppressed in Saudi but we hear nothing. America would like regime change in Iran...........and Israel dearly misses the Shah who supplied them with oil when all other OPEC members refused to do so.
A horrid but true picture.
I lived in Iran.........I was young, but my family are interested in politics...........and so was I.
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jh64487
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Highr0ller:
to be fair, the saudi people are crazy american hating wahabists
..probably not bad to keep them down though we will eventually feel the reprecussions (actually we already have, 9/11)
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SupaDawg
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Very frustrating. Perhaps this is why the American networks aren't even trying.
All that said, the AJE coverage has been great.
- 2 years ago
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JanforGore
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So, will revolution now be fomented from within by interested countries as well now as we have seen so many times taking place, only to see 'dictators' fall with puppets taking their place? The US and Israel couldn't have asked for a better scenario if they had planned Ahmadenejad "winning" this themselves just to bring this about. Wonder how Russia feels about this. Anyway, on the topic of the signal jam, wrong and very telling. It only then indicates that this election may well have been taken from the people. If that is the case they need to fight for their freedom. God knows Americans on the whole don't know how to do it. We allow dictators to stay in power, and then allow them to move into million dollar homes and go on tour to tell past presidents they are their "brothers" and be treated as if they did nothing wrong. Perhaps the people of Iran can set an example for the rest of the world. How ironic.
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kennymotown
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How sad for the Iranian people who voted for change and the election gets stolen. Now a revolution is in the making, dictators of the past have usually won out in similar situations but this time the Iranian people see the world changing and will not stand for this long.
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kennymotown:
Bush stole an American election. It happens.
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kennymotown:
dont worry we will hug them..not unless ....
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