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Article

15 Oct 2012

Author:
Farnaz Fassihi and Paul Sonne, Wall Street Journal

A Top Satellite Provider Cuts Off Iran State Broadcaster

One of Europe's leading satellite providers on Monday said it would terminate its contract with Iran's broadcast company, IRIB, immediately pulling 19 state-owned television and radio channels off the air... Eutelsat Communications SA said it stopped broadcasting the Iranian channels in light of European sanctions approved in March and a French regulatory decision...Iranian human-rights organizations and opposition activists praised Eutelsat's decision...