Agency Says Cuba Jamming US Government Satellite Broadcasts to Iran
VOA News
15 Jul 2003, 22:56 UTC
A U.S. government-funded broadcasting agency has condemned Cuba for allegedly jamming U.S. international broadcasts to Iran.
In a statement Tuesday, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) said the Cuban action was a "deliberate and malicious" effort to block Iranian audiences from getting access to truthful news and information. The agency called on the international community to censure countries that cause such interference.
BBG's chairman Kenneth Tomlinson said Cuba's jamming of satellite transmissions from the United States to Iran is, in his words, "illegal and interferes with the free and open flow of international communications."
The BBG is an independent federal agency which oversees all U.S. non-military international broadcasting, including the Voice of America.
The agency said Cuba's jamming was first detected on July 6, when VOA launched a daily half-hour Persian language television news and analysis program.
There has been no comment from Cuba.
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