Iranian Ifilm and Al-Kowsar network banned from broadcasting

The Arab satellite service provider company Gulfsat has stopped the Iranian Ifilm and Al-Kowsar network from broadcasting under direct pressure from Eutelsat.
According to the reports, Nilesat, a satellite communication company in Egypt responsible for airing Iranian networks, has been told to stop the broadcast. When Press TV asked about the reasons for the disconnections, which clearly violates freedom of expression, the press secretary for Eutelsat declined any comments.

Satellite service company, Galaxy 19, has also stopped broadcasting of Ifilm on February 8, 2013.

Gordon Duff, the US political analyst told Press TV last December that the Israeli extremist groups dictate the agenda for Eutelsat, a French based company.

He said “Eutelsat is not a company, it is a person. Eutelsat says it is a European company, but in fact it is an Israeli company. Michel de Rosen is a French façade, he is an Israeli citizen who has managed the company with Israeli shareholders; the company has had long history of taking orders from the extremist groups in Israel. These are groups like Likud supporters, Netanyahu supporters and extreme nationalist groups.”