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Iranian Gov. tries to cut off Mahabad city
from the outside world
19.7.2005
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Iran-Kurdistan,
July 18 - Connections to the Internet in the city of
Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan are being cut off due
to the violent protests in the city, according to
the Kurdish news agency MHA.
The Iranian government are trying to cut off the
Kurdish city from the rest of the world by
controlling all Internet and telephone connections.
People who have tried to call the Kurdish radio
channel "Denge Mezopotamya" (Voice of Mesopotamia)
to give them information about the ongoing protests,
have been arrested and are being interrogated by
Iranian intelligence.
The only channels to report about the ongoing
protests to the outside world are the Kurdish
satellite TV-channel Roj TV, the Kurdish radio
channel "Denge Mezopotamya" (Voice of Mesopotamia)
and the Kurdish news agency MHA. The Iranian
government is therefore trying to cut off all
communications between the people in Mahabad and the
named Kurdish channels and news agency.
The radio channel "Denge Mezopotamya" is the main
target of the Iranian government and all
communications to this channel are monitored or cut
off. According to anonymous official sources,
everybody who has called to the radio station during
the last two years are being investigated and called
up for interrogation.
The protests in Mahabad against the killing of the
PJAK sympathizer Shiwane Qadri continues.
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