NCRI – The Iranian regime’s Moral Security police have arrested 107 people and seized 16,000 satellite dishes in the latest crackdown on accessing satellite TV networks.
Brigadier Mohammad-Masoud Zahedian said raids took place in Tehran and 18 other cities in recent days, and 5400 receivers and 11,000 other items including satellite dishes, motors and LNBs were confiscated.
He told the state-run Mehr news agency: “The Moral Security Police relied on intelligence and infiltration of the networks of distributors of satellite receivers and other equipment to identify those distributing this equipments across Iran.
“The network was active in Tehran and 18 other cities. Our police operation has lead to the identification and arrest of all the leaders.”
Those arrested should receive their ‘deserved punishments’ by the help judiciary, he said.
Zahedian added: “The forces of moral security police identified and destroyed a satellite dish production unit in west of Tehran province.
“During the inspection of the workshop, 200 satellite dishes ready for shipping and 1,000 under production were discovered.
“The moral security agents were able to arrest seven leading members of the group in Tehran and 100 others affiliated to them. The members were importing these items through loopholes in the country’s borders.”
The value of the items seized was two trillion Rials, Zahedian said, adding: “The group had been active for two years and they have received a heavy blow. They were headquartered in Tehran but provided the items to northern and central and western provinces.”
“We warn all those that are active in this area to change their behavior or otherwise face a similar fate.”
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said recently in series of decrees: “Satellite relievers provide the tools for receiving forbidden programs and spread corruption.
“Buying and keeping them are not permissible unless the person is a Muslim who is confident that would not use it for forbidden purposes, and that its use and purchase would not create any corruption in his house.
“If the satellites are used for forbidden activities which is frequently the case, or the installer or service person is aware that the user plans to use it for forbidden purposes, then the selling, buying, installing, set-up, repair and sale of parts are not permissible.”
The seizures come after tens of thousands of Iranians raised 4.55 million dollars in a four-day telethon on Iran National Television (Simay-e Azadi) opposition satellite TV. The participants expressed their support for the Iranian Resistance and its President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.
Donors used satellite dishes within Iran to watch the broadcast from August 9 to 13, while thousands more viewed the event in 34 countries around the world.
The telethon also marked the 25th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, released political prisoners and family members of the martyrs and Ashraf and Liberty.
