Russia hopes to launch satellite for Iran in 2018
Russia hopes to launch a satellite observation system for the Islamic Republic of Iran in two years. “We hope to sign the…
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Iranian, Russian universities to launch joint satellite projects
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iran University of Science and Technology and Russia’s Kazan Federal University have signed an agreement to build and launch…
Basij commander: Enemies unable to harm Islamic revolution objectives
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said enemies are striving hard to impair Iran’s Islamic Revolution…
Centre urges rethink of ban on satellite programming
The Iranian Parliament’s research centre reports that government policies on satellite usage in the country have not succeeded and need to be…
Closings expected in Iran satellite trial
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the trial of an Iranian-American man living in Maryland who allegedly helped…
Iranian-American Nader Modanlo going on trial for allegedly helping Iran launch satellite
GREENBELT, Md. — An Iranian-American man living in Maryland is going on trial for allegedly helping Iran launch a satellite from Russia,…
Primetime battle for Iran’s airwaves
Parisa, an Iranian electronics engineer, has had her roof-top television satellite dishes seized by police four times over the past year –…
French company GlobeCast takes Iran’s Hispan TV off air
French company GlobeCast has halted the broadcast of Iran’s Spanish-language Hispan TV on an SES satellite in Latin America, in line with…
Iran says its English channel dropped by satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s English-language channel Press TV says that it has been dropped by the satellite that had broadcast its…
Iran will sue Spain over ban on satellite channels: Iranian envoy
Iran’s ambassador to Madrid says a move to take Iranian satellite channels, including Press TV and Hispan TV, off the air shows…
Eutelsat briefly takes Iran’s Hispan TV off Hotbird
The French-based satellite provider Eutelsat has resumed the broadcasting of Iran’s Spanish-language Hispan TV on the Hotbird satellite after briefly taking the…
Starring in drama in Iran: TV itself
TEHRAN — On Sunday, as they do each week, Shahnaz and her elderly mother turned on the smuggled satellite receiver, its dish…
Iranian songwriter arrested with four other musicians, says poet
Five reportedly charged with illegal production and distribution of underground music for Los Angeles satellite channels A prominent Iranian songwriter was reportedly among…
Iran al-Alam channel jammed on Nilesat
Iran’s Arabic-language news channel, al-Alam, has been jammed on the Nilesat, recent reports say. Press TV has learned that al-Alam’s signal on…
International Federation of Journalists slams bans on Iran channels
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the bans by certain Western satellite operators on Iranian channels, Press TV reports. Ernest Sagaga, the…
Israel-friendly companies ban Iranian TV channels
It seems that the West is sloughing over its established definition of freedom of expression when the Iranian channels HispanTV and Press…
Iran’s war on satellite dishes: “We just buy new ones the next day”
Iranian police have launched a new crackdown on satellite dishes, which many Iranians, especially in the capital, use to watch TV channels…
Cutting off Iranian TVs from satellite broadcasts, prelude to Gaza invasion
By Trend Majlis Representative from Shiraz Hossein Zoulanvari said on Saturday that the Western governments attempt to cut off Iranian TVs from…
EU points its finger to Iran for jamming the signals of European Channels in Middle East
By New Europe On 14 November, the spokesperson of Catherine Ashton issued a statement against Iran’s practices to jam the signals of…
Iran to launch Kavoshgar-5 carrying monkey into space
Head of the Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said that the Iranian shuttle, Kavoshgar-5 (Explorer 5) carrying monkey will be launched…