On the 10th anniversary of launching the Arabic-language channel al-Alam, Sayyed Ahmad Sadat said, “if we want to have a say in the international media market, we should have an independent satellite system because using other systems cannot be a permanent solution due to the lobbies and pressures from the Zionists and some Western powers on these systems to impede our activities”.
In a clear sign of violating freedom of speech, a number of Iranian international channels were recently banned from some satellites such as Eutelsat and Gulfsat. Al-Alam was also disconnected from the Saudi-based Arabsat network and Nilesat in Cairo.
“ArabSat and NileSat are the two most popular satellites used in Arab countries, both of which banned al-Alam in 2009 based on a decision made by five reactionary Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt,” Sadat said.
He explained that the reason for all these moves was because Iranian channels revealed the truth and broke the media censorship.
"According to polls, al-Alam was among the top five popular news channels in the Middle East," al-Alam director noted.
Sadat said deploying several corresponding teams in different countries especially in those marked with the “Islamic awakening” movements, high amount of news production and broadcasting facts and truths were among the main points contributing to al-Alam’s success.
"Today al-Alam is known as a supporting media for the resistance and Islamic awakening movements in the region," he added.