{"id":5091,"date":"2016-07-26T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2016-07-26T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:58:39","slug":"irans-regime-destroys-100000-satellite-dishes-in-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/5091\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s regime destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/201672420048324703551_A-file-picture-from-2013-shows-a-tank-driving-over-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5092 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/201672420048324703551_A-file-picture-from-2013-shows-a-tank-driving-over--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"201672420048324703551_A-file-picture-from-2013-shows-a-tank-driving-over-\" width=\"412\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/201672420048324703551_A-file-picture-from-2013-shows-a-tank-driving-over--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/201672420048324703551_A-file-picture-from-2013-shows-a-tank-driving-over-.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a>Iran has destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported.<\/p>\n<p>The destruction ceremony took place in Tehran in the presence of General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, head of Iran&#8217;s Basij militia.<\/p>\n<p>He warned of the impact that satellite television was having in the conservative country, saying: &#8216;The truth is that most satellite channels &#8230; deviate the society&#8217;s morality and culture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What these televisions really achieve is increased divorce, addiction and insecurity in society.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A total of one million Iranians had already voluntarily handed over their satellite apparatuses to authorities, he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mojahedin.org\/images\/2016\/2016724200483247035551.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under Iranian law, satellite equipment is banned and those who distribute, use, or repair them can be fined up to \u20ac2,500.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian police regularly raid neighbourhoods and confiscate dishes from rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>There are dozens of foreign-based Farsi satellite channels broadcasting mostly news, entertainment, films and series.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives regularly denounce the channels as an attempt to corrupt Iranian culture and Islamic values.<\/p>\n<p>Source: AFP, 24\u00a0July 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Iran has destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/5091\/\" title=\"Iran&#8217;s regime destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in crackdown\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-human-rights","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5093,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions\/5093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}