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| | TBS 15 The Battle of the Airwaves: The Rise and Proliferation of Iranian Satellite TV Channels by Yahya R. Kamalipour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | It is perhaps safe to say that most of the owners and operators of the satellite channels departed Iran after the 1979 revolution and, in most cases, have not returned to their homeland for mainly political and ideological reasons. |
 | | Indeed, a program spoofing the US-based Iranian satellite TV programs is aired on one of the official (government operated and financed) television networks in Iran, which is indicative of the popularity of the exile TV channels among the Iranian population. |
 | | Reportedly, some of the channels are supported by the US government, a few by the Iranian government, and some by the pro-monarchy groups, including the son of late Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Reza Pahlavi, who is viewed as the legal heir to the former king. |
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