Free Iran:  Although the EU’s deliberations about promoting open access to information in Iran is a positive step, without pressuring the regime such calls for open access would simply fall on deaf ears.  The EU should kick out their satellite channels from Western satellites that carry them and make it far more difficult for them to buy communication gears from Western companies.  There is a lot that the EU could do unilaterally.

BRUSSELS—Iran must stop jamming satellite broadcasting and censoring the Internet, the European Union said Monday, but the bloc stopped short of threatening any action if Tehran doesn’t agree to it.

EU foreign ministers said in a statement that Iran must “put an end to this electronic interference immediately.”

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that banning broadcasts such as the British Broadcasting Corp. and Germany’s Deutsche Welle highlights the authorities’ fear “of their people hearing the truth about what’s happening in their own country.

“It says a lot about the trust the Iranian government has in its own people,” he said. “They’re not willing to hear them hear independent news. I think it’s very important that they open up the airwaves as soon as possible.”

The EU said it wants to take up the issue before the International Telecommunications Union.

“The interesting thing is that Iran wants to expand its satellite channels network around the world — that’s why the ITU is the best place to talk about that,” German Deputy Foreign Minister Werner Hoyer said. “It is important that we show European solidarity and I think we can get that.”

Also see:

BBC:  EU pressures Iran to end jamming

RFE:  EU Foreign Ministers Call On Iran To End Broadcast Jamming