Profile: Al-Nujaba Satellite Television

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Name:  Qanat al-Nujaba al-Fadhaeyya (al-Nujaba Satellite TV channel)

Type of movement: Social or media organization associated with an armed group, undertaking nonkinetic information operations (media activities and propaganda). Supporting domestic counter-U.S. operations, domestic counter-political/social moderate operations, and foreign counter-Saudi operations

History and objectives:

• Al-Nujaba TV was launched in 2013 as a media wing for the Iraqi militia group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HaN), shortly after the group was formed by Akram Kaabi.
• The well-funded station offers political, cultural, and religious programs that promote Iran's self-styled "axis of resistance" and focus on muqawama themes. 
• It broadcasts from Baghdad and has correspondents in most Iraqi provinces. It also has an office and studio in Tehran. 
• In March 2019, the U.S. State Department listed the station and HaN as Specially Designated Global Terrorist entities under Executive Order 13224.
• Amir al-Quraishi is the general manager of al-Nujaba TV.

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Chain of command:

• Controlled by Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba.

• Part of al-Muaweniyah al-Elamiyah lil Muqawama al-Islamiyah–Harakat al-Nujaba (The HaN Directorate of Media).
• Part of Muassasat al-Nujuba lil Elam wa al-Bahth al-Fadhaiyah (Al-Nujaba Media and Satellite Broadcasting Organization, within the HaN Directorate of Media).

Affiliate relationships:

• Member of the Islamic Radio and Television Union.
• Member of the Iraqi Radio and Television Union.

Subordinate elements:

• Al-Nujaba Radio, which also has a website with a .com domain.
• Yasamin Studio (a media production and distribution company that makes video clips for al-Nujaba TV).
• Al-Nujaba TV’s webpage domain was seized by the United States in November 2020, but the station linked its website to a new .tv domain after altering its spelling.
• Al-Nujaba TV has a YouTube channel, Telegram channel, and Twitter account.