Final UN annex recommends including transmitter commissioning in supply contracts

The annex reported physical completion of about 35,000 of the 50,000 damaged or destroyed telephone lines, with 15,000 still to be commissioned. Basic restoration was distinct from further development...

Two national radio programmes reached 95 and 80 percent of the population, and two television programmes 85 and 65 percent, the annex reported. These were programme-specific coverage estimates...

Twenty-four local radio and television centres produced contributions incorporated into the second national programmes. The annex distinguished these local production centres from the Tehran...

The government relied on radio and television to disseminate cultural, educational, agricultural and health programmes, especially where literacy was limited. The annex placed broadcasting...

Gilan-e-Gharb’s medium-wave station had provisionally replaced the destroyed Qasr-e-Shirin station. The annex stated that Gilan-e-Gharb would not be reconstructed, showing that recovery plans did...

The five-year broadcasting plan targeted television coverage of 95 and 85 percent for the first and second programmes and full population coverage for both radio programmes by end-1992. These were...

The annex estimated about 50 percent of broadcasting equipment reinstalled but only 30 percent of stations operating. Remaining equipment was largely ordered or delivered; delivery and...

The annex reported complete destruction of two television studios and five radio studios with their equipment. Demolished broadcasting buildings totalled 20,000 square metres; production losses were...

A further order extended Iran’s deadline to respond to preliminary objections.

Iran filed observations and submissions answering the U.S. preliminary objections.