The World - News from June 10, 1986
Iranian telecommunications with the rest of the world were severed after the Iraqi air force attacked a satellite ground station at Assad Abad in southern Iran. Diplomats in the Persian Gulf said the complex housed Iran’s largest station for reception and transmission of satellite signals. Callers as far away as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Stockholm and London said all lines to Tehran were reported “temporarily suspended,” without official explanation.
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