Special Dispatch - Iran/Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project
October 12, 2005
No. 1005

The New Iranian Hizbullah TV Station 'Kheibar': To Be "Mainly Broadcast in
North America & Europe"

On October 10, the Iranian Student News Agency, ISNA, reported that Iran's
Hizbullah is planning to operate a new satellite TV channel, named
Kheibar.(1)

According to ISNA, the Spokesman of Iran's Hizbullah, Mojtaba Bigdeli, said:
"We are presently holding talks with satellite TV channels for airing our
programs. So far, we have received proposals and members of Hizbullah's
Central Council will announce their final decision in the near future."

Bigdeli also said the satellite TV channel Kheibar will become operational
"in the next couple of months" and that Kheibar's programs will be "mainly
broadcast in North America and Europe. Currently we are procuring the
hardware."

The report goes on to say that "Bigdeli said the secretary of Iran's
Hizbullah, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Kharrazi, has recommended that team
launching Kheibar satellite TV should prepare the ground for collaboration
among Muslim states, forge Islamic solidarity, eliminate Zionism and create
consensus among political, cultural, and social forces."

It should be noted that Kheibar was a rich and fertile oasis north of
Al-Madina, inhabited by Jews, and destroyed by Prophet Mohammad in 628. The
fate of the Kheibar Jews today is used by Hamas as a symbol to the fight
against the Jews and Israel.

(1) ISNA (Iran), October 10, 2005,
http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-595516

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