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Iran cracks down on satellite dishesLimiting information and
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Looks like the Iranian regime is afraid of what it's people may
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Iran has launched a crackdown against "decadent" satellite television in the Islamic republic, raiding rooftops in Tehran and other major cities to seize hundreds of illegal dishes. The action followed a warning issued last month by Tehran's metropolitan police chief to the country's estimated three to four million satellite television watchers who defy the law. "The use of satellite dishes is prohibited by law and we ask people not to use this equipment anymore," Morteze Talaie was quoted as saying in the press. Police armed with warrants raided rooftops of large apartment blocks and high-rises in the chic northern and western areas of Tehran on Sunday and have conducted similar operations in other cities, witnesses and press reports said. "Police seized scores of satellite dishes in Velenjak (northern Tehran) and after loading their vans, they took off," a resident identifying himself as Hamid told AFP. The Iranian leadership is riding a powder keg in a lava flow. It won't take much to push things over the edge, and it is not going to happen with outside force. Freedom of information can bring many other freedoms. Hat tip Brain Terminal. 
Posted: Mon - August 21, 2006 at 05:04 AM
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