In response, BBC Persian started transmission on other satellites and increased their broadcast hours in order to combat the interferenceThe channel has been accused by Iranian state television of encouraging “illegal” rallies and manipulating the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic, a claim which the BBC denies.
The jamming resumed on 20 December 2009, soon after BBC Persian began extended coverage of the protests resulting from the death of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri, and on 28 December 2009, BBC Persian ceased its transmission from the Hot Bird 6 satellite.,however, transmissions continued from the Telstar 12, Eutelsat W2M and Atlantic Bird 4A satellites.
