The government jammed the BBC's popular Persian-language station, denying viewers in Tehran and elsewhere the chance to enjoy, among other exotic events, a Nowruz gala in London, where well-dressed Iranians were regaled by exiled comedians and pop groups.
The government jammed phones and Internet service through much of the day, and the BBC's Persian service, a crucial source of information for many Iranians, suspended broadcasts, saying the government had been jamming it since Ayatollah Montazeri's death on Sunday.
Problem was, the Cuban government jammed the signal coming from the plane within hours of AeroMarti's launch.
In a country wracked by power shortages, government jamming is spotty.
Simon Parker, the director of the New Local Government Network thinktank, said: "This settlement offers local government jam tomorrow, when the crisis is today.
Thanks to government jamming devices, access to the BBC's Persian-language channel, formerly a popular source of news, has become well-nigh impossible in most parts of Tehran.
If you're a vendor, this probably sounds horrible: the U.S. government jamming regulations down your throat.
In spite of this, Mr. Meles's government has jammed local-language news broadcasts by the United States government-owned Voice of America radio service and barred American and other foreign diplomats from traveling outside Addis Ababa, the capital, to monitor the vote.
In response, the Iranian government has jammed radio and television satellite signals, making it difficult for people in Iran to receive the programs consistently.
And when the Iranian government first jammed his signal, then published news articles insulting his old music career and, finally, began to arrest people trafficking in NITV videos, Atabay flipped out.
Inboxes at Gibraltar House, the London office of Gibraltar's government, were jammed with thousands of "abusive" emails written in imperfect English on Tuesday in an apparent campaign of digital harassment aimed at the authorities.
