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With continuing protests across the Arab world in Bahrain, Yemen and Libya – the role of the media is under particular scrutiny by governments across the Middle East, wary of independent reporting. We find out how BBC Persian programmes in Iran have been disrupted apparently due to jamming by the Iranian government. Plus we hear from BBC Director of Strategy Jim Egan about the future for shortwave and mediumwave transmissions, following recent announcements about changes to the World Service.