Al-Alam News Network

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**Al-Álam News Network**

Type	television network
Branding	Al-Alam
Country	Iran
Availability	Iraq, worldwide (via Al-Alam News Network), online, Iran (IRIB Channel Amoozesh)
Owner	IRIB
Key people	Ezzatollah Zarghami, Ali Larijani
Launch date	February 23, 2003
Website	alalam.ir

Al-Alam News Network is a Tehran-based Arabic-language news channel. Established in 2003 by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, it broadcasts continuously. It aims at addressing the most challenging issues of the Muslim and Arab world and the Middle East.^[1] It has been the fastest-growing news network and has gained a large audience in a short period of time.

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.