The�International Human Rights Campaign (IHRC) in Iran, a New York-based nongovernmental organization, reported yesterday that the Tehran government has formed a committee to investigate the effects of satellite jamming on public health.
According to the IHRC, the initiative is in response to a request from Iranian President Hassan Rohani.� Dr. Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashem, Iran�s Minister of Health and Medical Education, announced the initiative in an interview with the official Iranian news agency IRNA on February 4.

The Iranian government has routinely jammed signals from�RFE/RL's Radio Farda, the Voice of America and other international Persian-language broadcasters in an effort to control access to uncensored information inside Iran.

Satellite signals�have also been jammed, most notably during the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential elections in 2009.

International broadcasters have vigorously�protested�the jamming, which is prohibited under rules of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

RFE/RL's�Azerbaijani language broadcasts�via Turkish satellite to Azerbaijan suffered targeted interference that carried the hallmarks of jamming last year.

RFE/RL protested the interference, but to date the Azeri government has neither investigated nor confirmed reports.

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

 

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