美国国会议员说，他们计划立法以资助帮伊朗人避开政府限制收发信息的行动。
独立的参议员利伯曼星期四说，这项议案试图帮助伊朗人民“领先伊朗政权一步”。
利伯曼与共和党参议员麦凯恩和格雷厄姆一起提出了这个议案。
麦凯恩说，这项拟议中的立法将授权拨款，以确保伊朗人得到绕过政府网上检查监视的软件和其他工具。
这项立法也将授权美国之音的波斯语组把为报导伊朗选后暴力而增加的一小时额外节目变为永久性节目。
还有更多经费将提供给美国政府出资的法尔达电台，以扩充这家广播机构的短波无线电和卫星传播功能。
U.S. lawmakers say they plan legislation that would fund efforts to help Iranians receive and send information despite government restrictions.
Independent Senator Joe Lieberman said Thursday that the bill intends to help the Iranian people stay “one step ahead of the Iranian regime.”
Lieberman introduced the bill with Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
McCain said the proposed legislation would authorize funds to ensure Iranians have the software and other tools to evade government censorship and surveillance online.
The legislation would also authorize VOA’s Persian service to make permanent an additional hour of programming that was added to cover the post-election violence.
More funding would also be provided to the U.S. government-sponsored Radio Farda to boost the broadcaster’s short-wave radio and satellite capacity.