Iran Tries to Jam Neda Documentary

Persian network airs HBO film, and satellites go down
Posted Jun 5, 2010 10:55 AM CDT
Iran Tries to Jam Neda Documentary
Undated file image from a video n June 21, 2009, showing Neda.   (AP Photo, File)

People throughout Iran sat down this week to watch HBO's new documentary about slain protester Neda Agha-Soltan—and lo and behold, satellites and electricity mysteriously went on the fritz. The Voice of America's Persian News Network aired the film Wednesday and got reports of jammed signals soon after it started, reports the Guardian. HBO has put the film on YouTube ahead of this month's anniversary of the shooting and will begin airing For Neda on US television this month.
(More Neda Agha Soltan stories.)

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