Al-Monitor offers a refreshing piece on one of Irans worst-kept secrets:Although satellites are contraband, somehow many people manage to own one. Itsestimatedthat 50-70% ofhouseholds in Tehranhave satellite dishes to broadcast their favorite news, music and movie channels. Even in aholy city such as Qomand other areas, its estimated that some 30-40% of households own a satellite dish.
Last month in New York at an Asia Society/CFR-hosted eventIranian President Hassan Rouhani had this to say about the issue:
ROUHANI (through translator): Satellite television, youll find it every village in Iran. Of course, the villages, they have more of them than the urban areas. If you if just look at the rooftops. Youll get a sense.
I think that in the world today, these things are kind of, you know, a little old (inaudible) in a sense. All countries have all people have access to satellite networks, and the people of Iran have it, too.
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