Al-Alam News Network is a Tehran-based Arabic-language television news channel. Established in 2003 by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, it broadcasts continuously, focusing on the Muslim and Arab world and the Middle East.

The network's political coverage tends to be the most popular; however, other subjects, such as commentaries, analysis, business and sports also get a share of the audience. Programs are broadcast for over 200 million Arabic-speaking people around the world, with large audiences in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean regions. The satellite channel can be received in five continents.

Al-Alam has news bureaus in Tehran, Beirut and Baghdad. Unlike many other channels, Al-Alam can be viewed in Iraq without the use of a satellite receiver, as it is able to use a terrestrial transmitter close to the Iran-Iraq border.

An English language website, known as Alalam News, was launched on August 15, 2006, claiming to disseminate news in an impartial moderate manner.^[1]

Alalam News Network has launched its Persian Website in April, 2007 in order to cover merely the exclusive Alalam news in Persian language. The English website of Alalam was closed on September 22 due to financial problems and mismanagement.

[edit] Showing footage of Royal Navy personnel

On March 30, Al-Alam aired the video of captive Royal Navy personnel.

[edit] Conviction of correspondents in Israel

On June 14, 2009, a Jerusalem court sentenced a correspondent of Al-Alam, Khodr Shahine, and his assistant, Mohammed Sarhan, to two months imprisonment for reporting on the Israeli land offensive against the Gaza Strip on January 3 prior to the lifting of Israeli military press censorship.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Alalam News - about us
2. ^ http://www.rsf.org/Palestinian-journalists-working.html

• Iran TV channel targets Iraq, article on the BBC website.
• Iran's leaders harness media power, article on the BBC website.

[edit] External links

• alalam live (Arabic)
• Official website (Arabic)
• Official website (English)
• Official website (Persian)