[bcook]

Did you read the article?

The article says "Satellite TV, however, has become common in even small villages, with as many as 70 percent of Iranian households owning a satellite dish."

Satellite dishes are not illegal because satellite TV is not illegal. (Edit1: I am wrong.)

Edit1: Satellite dishes have apparently been illegal since 1994; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Iran

[athinggoingon]

Satellite dishes are illegal in Iran or at least were up until 1996. I lived in Iran during the 90s and I recall my uncle's dish was confiscated and he had to pay a hefty fine. But you don't have to take my word for it. There is all kinds of evidence to support that: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iranian-police...

[bcook]

Ah... my mistake for assuming that. (I edited my post.)

Regardless, my focus was not on the legality of dishes, but the amount of people who have them.

With 40-70 percent of households owning a satellite dish, even after being illegal for over 20 years, it seems unlikely that Toosheh is more "dangerous" than the limited internet that Iran already has.