2011-09-08

BBC: Iran targets new satellite to jam broadcast

Quick Read BBC: Iran steps up jamming of Persian service, is now targeting new satellite

(AP) -- The BBC says Iran has stepped up the jamming of its Farsi-language television service by interfering with the operation of a Eutelsat satellite.

Jamming from within Iran has affected BBC Persian television since its launch in 2009, and the British broadcaster says that one of Eutelsat's high-power Hotbird satellites has been targeted since July.

But the BBC now says that Iran...

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