ALKAWTHAR

Al-Kawthar TV
Launched	January, 2006
Network	Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Language	Arabic
Broadcast area	Middle East, North Africa, online, Iran
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Website	alkawthartv.ir

Al-Kawthar TV is a Tehran-based Arabic-language television channel. Launched in 2006 by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, it broadcasts religious and cultural programs about 20 hours a day mainly for Arab audience in the Middle East and North Africa. The content of the programs is mainly about promoting Shia Islam. The TV station derives its name from the holy river Al-Kawthar. Al-Kawthar means "river in paradise". Muslims believe that on the Day of Judgement all true believers are led to the river, where they drink only once to never be hungry or thirsty again.

References

External links

Al-Kawthar TV Website in Arabic

IRIB Television Channels

Domestic channels:

General	IRIB TV1 IRIB TV2 IRIB TV3 IRIB TV4 IRIB TV5 IRINN IRIB Amoozesh IRIB Quran IRIB Pooya IRIB Salamat IRIB Nasim IRIB Ofogh IRIB HD

News	Islamic Republic of Iran News Network Press TV

Sports	IRIB Varzesh

Film	IFilm IRIB Namayesh

Cultural/documentary	IRIB Shoma IRIB Mostanad

Teleshopping	IRIB Bazaar

International channels:

Persian language	IRIB 1 (Europe) IRIB 2 (North America) IRIB 3 (Asia/Oceania) IRIB Pooya

Arabic language	Al-Alam Al-Kawthar

Other languages	Sahar TV (multilingual) iFilm (multilingual) HispanTV (Spanish) Press TV (English)

Regional channels:

Azerbaijani language	Sahand TV West Azerbaijan TV Sabalan TV Eshragh TV

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