Cuba described on Saturday as a "new campaign of anti-Cuba lies" the US accusation that it is jamming satellite broadcasting from the United States to Iran.

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"Cuba has never embarked, nor will it embark on this sort of interference with US satellite television signal broadcasting," the Foreign Ministry said in a communique on Saturday.

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The ministry rejects what it called the new slander campaign against Cuba and the "unashamed remarks" by Kenneth Tomlinson, director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a federal agency that supervises all US government-funded international broadcasting, the communique added.

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Tomlinson's remarks indicated that Cuba "intentionally and maliciously" jams news broadcasts sent from the United States to Iran, the communique said.

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"This new campaign of anti-Cuban lies adds to the long list of hostile actions the imperial administration of US President George W. Bush has taken against our country," it said.

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The communique noted that it is Washington that has flagrantly violated the norms and regulations established by the International Telecommunications Union by broadcasting illegal radio and television signals to Cuba.

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However, the communique said the Cuban government had informed Washington that "a detailed investigation will be carried out, based on the information provided, to ascertain whether broadcasts originating in our country may unintentionally be interfering with US broadcasts."

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(Xinhua News Agency July 19, 2003)

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