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The Latest Dish

Charles Oliver | 9.2.2005 12:00 AM

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Iranian police are using helicopters to find privately owned satellite dishes, which the country banned in 1995. The latest crackdown is to prevent owners from receiving broadcasts from foreign-based groups opposing Iran's government. Those caught with dishes face large fines and prison sentences.

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