Emails exchanged between two high-ranking officials of US Department of State under former secretary, Hillary Clinton, showthat they had rejoicedover a decision by the French-based satellite provider, Eutelsat SA, to ban Iranian satellite channels from European airwaves. On March 16, 2016, whistleblowing website WikiLeaks released emails sent ...

By Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- European satellite provider Eutelsat has taken 19 Iranian television and radio broadcasters off the air as a result of European Union sanctions. Eutelsat spokeswoman Vanessa O'Connor says the channels operated by Iranian state broadcaster Irib have been blocked for viewers in Europe and elsewhere as of Monday ...

[caption id="attachment_17976" align="alignright" width="256"] Eutelsat and Intelsat win a new 6-month waiver to broadcast Press TV.[/caption] The US government has reportedly given European satellite providers Intelsat and Eutelsat Communications a new six-month waiver to transmit Iranian channels including Press TV. The waiver has been granted ...

Satellite giant Eutelsat has stepped up its campaign against Iranian media, threatening European service providers with US sanctions, if they continue broadcasting TV channels launched from Iran. Press TV has obtained some of the letters, which Michel De Rosen, the French-Israeli CEO of Eutelsat, has written to satellite companies warning them against ...

Irans ambassador to Madrid says a move to take Iranian satellite channels, including Press TV and Hispan TV, off the air shows the Wests dishonesty, adding that Tehran will file a lawsuit against Spain in this regard. Morteza Saffari said in a press conference in Madrid on Friday that European countries claim to defend freedom of speech and human ...

The French-based satellite provider Eutelsat has resumed the broadcasting of Irans Spanish-language Hispan TV on the Hotbird satellite after briefly taking the channel off the air. Eutelsat initially said on Monday that it had been ordered to do take Hispan TV off Hotbird. However, it later rejected its initial statement and blamed the move on technical ...

In another blow to freedom of speech one more European satellite provider attacks Iran's international TV channels. Spains satellite provider Hispasat will take Press TV and Hispan TV off the air as of Friday. It has ordered Overon, another satellite company, to stop the transmission of the two international TV channels. Overon says the ban on ...

By The Jewish Press After the Europeans pulled the plug on Iranian satellite transmissions because of the sanctions against Iran, Iranian stations are back on the air. The Iranians have reportedly transferred their transmissions over to a Russian satellite, once again bypassing the sanctions against them. TheWall Street Journal reportsthat ...

By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah slammed Thursday European satellite provider Eutelsat over its recent decision to take off air a number of Iranian television and radio broadcasters and mocked the EU over the affair. These arbitrary decisions will not hide the truth and will not prevent the targeted channels from finding avenue to remain active ...

By Russia Today Authorities in Tehran slammed the EU over its gagging of 19 Iranian satellite channels which coincided with the latest round of sanctions, one of the toughest yet. The shutdown is a big attack on freedom of speech, analyst Chris Bamberry told RT. Frances Eutelsat and UKs Arqiva satellite providers made a decision to stop broadcasting ...

By Ahram Online Iran reject a decision by France's Eutelsat and Arqiva of Britain to stop broadcasting Iranian state television channels Iran on Tuesday slammed a decision by France's Eutelsat and Arqiva of Britain to stop broadcasting Iranian state television channels as "without legal justification." "The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ...

By Jerusalem Post Following Eutelsat's barring of 19 Iranian channels, Iranian news site blames "worldwide" Zionist conspiracy for the move. Iranian news channel Press TV has hit back at Europes top satellite service Eutelsat on Tuesday for barring 19 Iranian state-controlled television and radio channels from broadcasting in Europe, blaming ...

We would never stop broadcasting our programs; the West wants to mute our voice, but its measure greatly increases our audience, said Deputy President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) World Service in response to Europes top satellite service Eutelsat decision to take several Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies....