Under pressure from the German government, Munich media regulatory office (BLM) has made an illegal decision to remove Iran's international English Channel, Press TV, from SES Astra on Tuesday.
In an email sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) officials, Vice President of the SES Platforms Services, Stephane Goebel, noted that the BLM has asked Press TV be immediately removed from the platform.
The authority has claimed that Iran's English-speaking channel does not have a license for broadcast in Europe.
"BLM has...sent us an official request to immediately seize the service of the above-mentioned channel [Press TV]," Goebel noted.
Regretting the decision, Goebel added that his company "will be no longer able to keep the Press TV signal on air and will need to shut down the service without further notice."
Edited by: S. Isayev