NCRI – In remarks indicating the Iranian regime’s inability to prevent Iranian people form viewing satellite TVs, a member of Majlis (Iranian regime's parliament) said that despite bans against satellites in Iran, viewership has risen by 30 percent among the population.
On Monday, the state-run news agency, Mehr, quoted the Deputy Chairman of the Majlis Cultural Committee as saying, “Contrary to prevailing regulations in the country against the use of satellite TV, we have seen a 30 percent hike in viewership.”
While admitting that half of the population has access to satellite TV, Javad Arinmanesh added, “The budget and authorities are not extensive enough to result in significant counter measures. … One of the ways to confront this problem is for prominent religious figures, seminary students and the clergy to appear in the media.”
A day before Arinmanesh’s remarks, another website affiliated with former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander-in-chief, Mohsen Rezai, reported on Sunday that a cleric tied to the regime comically declared satellite use as impermissible.
The website quoted mullah Makarem Shirazi as responding to a question by saying, “In light of the fact that the majority of [satellite] programs are corrupt and have negative effect, and since it would be misused as soon as it enters a household, satellite use is impermissible.”
On November 14, 2009, Iranian regime's media outlets that Ali Darabi, Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic’s Radio and Television Organization, the propaganda giant of the state, said: “Simaye-Azadi which is related to the activities of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) is one of the media that has infiltrated the most in the Iranian households.”
“40 percent of people have turned to satellite television programs. The expanding satellite TV usage in the country is of grave concern,” he said.
