[Jpost] Iran's English-language Press TV channel has been dropped from the satellite platform that allowed it to broadcast in the United States and Canada, the channel said.The state-owned, 24-hour network broadcasts world news and pro-government views beyond Iran's borders.
Press TV had broadcast in North America on the Galaxy 19 satellite platform. The channel did not say when it was dropped.
New sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department this week blacklisted the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and its director, Ezatollah Zarghami, which oversees Iran's broadcast channels.
Press TV said in a statement on Friday evening that its being dropped from Galaxy 19 was a "flagrant violation of freedom of speech."
In October, the Gay Paree-based Eutelsat, one of Europe's leading satellite providers, cut Iranian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
and radio broadcasts to comply with tougher European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
sanctions on the Islamic Theocratic
Republic.