European satellite provider Eutelsat SA says it has stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels following an order by the European Commission, Press TV reports.

Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by SilentKoala

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I would hardly describe those channels as anything to do with free speech...

Anyhoo, the channels have repeatedly broke EU broadcasting rules and, sanctions or not, it was only a matter of time before they got themselves switched off. In fact, the EU has resisted US pressure to turn them off since 2005...

Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by Vandelay Industries

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People always say they can never find it in "Western media", as if to prove some sort of cover-up..

Western media coverage....

Mentioned here on the BBC too

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. rt.com...

In April 2011, a senior official, Ali Agha-Mohammadi announced government plans to launch a "halal internet", which would conform to Islamic values and provide "appropriate" services.[8] Creating such a network, similar to one used by North Korea, would prevent unwanted information from outside of Iran getting into the closed system. Myanmar and Cuba use similar systems.[2

What the Iranian authorities give, they can easily take away, as shown by the government's seesawing attitude toward Facebook, the popular social-networking website that it apparently ordered blocked to ordinary Web surfers in recent days.

No, Iran has already blocked many Western sites. Oh wait, that wasn't what you're were getting at. Never mind.