EU foreign ministers have promised to "act" against the Iranian state's unacceptable jamming of satellite broadcasts and Internet controls.

The EU is getting more miffed with Tehran, mostly because it is sticking two fingers at them over nuclear weapons. However the latest stiff letter from the EU "calls on the Iranian authorities to stop the jamming of satellite broadcasting and Internet censorship and to put an end to this electronic interference immediately."

It said that the EU was "determined to pursue these issues and to act with a view to put an end to this unacceptable situation." Iran has cracked down on the media and locked up hacks since anti-government protests erupted after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election last June. The Islamic regime created communications blackouts, targeting the BBC's Persian-language broadcasts among others.

More than 70 foreign radio and television stations that transmit via the Eutelsat satellite to Iran were jammed on February 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Iranians' text messages were also being intercepted by the authorities in Tehran. Britain, France and Germany asked the EU bloc last week to take measures to curb Iran's ability to censor domestic opposition and to jam foreign satellite broadcasts, although Monday's statement gave no indication how Brussels might proceed towards that aim.

However it is a little strange that they do not see Chinese censorship as a problem. The UK seems to think that spying on its own people is ok.