[caption id="attachment_31298" align="alignright" width="210"] Principlist candidate Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel addresses people in the holy city of Qom on June 4, 2013.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian Lawmaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel condemned the ban by certain western satellite operators on Iranian channels, saying the act proved the western ...

British MP Lord Nazir Ahmed has condemned the decision by the international Satellite providers to take dozens of Iranian channels, including Press TV, off the air, saying the Zionist lobby is to blame for the ban. Lord Nazir told Press TV that the West has been really selective in what people watch around the world, adding that when they dont like ...

Iranian minister of communications and information technology has censured the giant satellite services provider Intelsat over its latest decision to pull the plug on Iranian channels, stating that Tehran will take the case to the United Nations. On Tuesday, Mohammad Hassan Nami described the recent move by the Luxembourg-based company as legally ...

The Iranian news channelPress TVis facing constant bans due to its efforts to shed light on realities and create unity among people around the world in defiance of the global Zionist dominance, a human rights activist says. It (Press TV) tells the truth in a wicked cynical capitalistic Zionist-fueled world that thrives off of war and division and ...

The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Treasury Department are linked to the latest decision by the giant satellite services provider Intelsat to take Iranian channels off the air, a political analyst tellsPress TV. You also have the US Treasury Department and the NSA who have been involved in these illegal bans of free speech against Iran, said ...

Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says the move by the giant satellite company Intelsat to take Iranian channels off the air is completely illegal and against international law. The fundamental policy of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO), which oversees Intelsat's global services,is to provide all its ...

Press TV has talked with Raza Kazim, with the Islamic Human Rights Commission from London to share his ideas on the issue of the Western powers taking Iranian media off the air in their respective countries while hypocritically claiming they actively support freedom of speech. What follows is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV:Let us ...

A US Congress policy advisor says taking Iranian channels off air and depriving the people of the world of alternative views is the hallmark of the tyranny of the mind,Press TVreports. Frederick Peterson told Press TV on Monday that limiting debate and intimidate dissent, and actions made to close off positions with which one may disagree internationally ...

US officials as well as the Washington-based International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) have announced their readiness to discuss a ban on Iranian channels with Tehran. ITSO oversees the operations of Intelsat, which is one of the Western satellite companies that have stopped the broadcast of a number of Iranian channels including ...

An international lawyer says Iran must sue European satellite service provider Intelsat for its decision to take Iranian channels, including the English-language news channel Press TV, off the air. The case should also be supported by Irans friends, said Alfred Lambremont Webre in an interview with Press TV. My advice, if I were asked as an international ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has strongly protested against a decision by European communications satellite services provider Intelsat to take Iranian channels, including the English-language news channel Press TV, off the air, describing the move as legally unjustifiable. On June 19, communications satellite services provider ...

The idea of removing Press TV from Intelsat in the USA was initially brought up in an article titled Why Doesnt Obama Ban Iranian Press TV? in January 2012 by Kenneth R. Timmerman. On June 19, Intelsat said it will no longer provide services to Iranian channels, including English-language news channel Press TV. The decision has been made under the ...

The US National Security Agency (NSA) is linked the latest decision by European satellite provider Intelsat to take Iranian channels off the air, a political analyst tellsPress TV. The removal of Iranian channels from the air in July 1 is directly linked to the NSA (US National Security Agency) spying, and not merely spying, but the NSA destruction ...

The European communications satellite service provider Intelsat has decided to remove Iranian channels, including Press TV, as of July 1 as part of an unprecedented wave of US-led attacks against Iranian media. Intelsat has admitted it is pulling the plug on Iranian channels under pressure from the United States. The satellite provider said it ...