Editing Communications in Iran (section)

==Radio and Television==
{{See also|Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting| Television in Iran|List of Persian language television channels}}
*Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
*Number of radios: 22 million (2005)
*Television broadcast stations: 29 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
*Number of television sets: 15 million (2007 est.)
*Although formally illegal, the use of [[satellite television]] receivers in urban areas is widespread. Over 30 percent of Iranians watch [[satellite channel]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsmediainternet_081119173359 |title= Yahoo!|website=news.yahoo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220164610/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsmediainternet_081119173359 |archive-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref>

Since 2015, Iran is domestically manufacturing [[DVB-T]] 6,000W digital transmitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5M9KjI4WXc|title=Iran made DVBT-H 6,000 Watts transmitter فرستنده ويدئويي ديجيتال ساخت ايران|last=Persian_boy|date=13 March 2015|via=YouTube|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209093720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5M9KjI4WXc|archive-date=9 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>