Al Iraqiya

Al-Iraqiya
Type	Satellite television network
Country	Iraq
First air date	23 April 2003; 21 years ago
Availability	International
Owner	Iraqi Government
Launch date	2003; 21 years ago
Former names	Iraqi TV
Official website	imn.iq
Language	Arabic
Replaced	Baghdad Television (Ba'athist Iraq Era) (1956–2003)

Al Iraqiya (Arabic: العراقيّة, al-ʿIrāqiyyä) is a Iraqi satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network that was set up after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a significant percentage (about 40%).

The channel began under the name IMN as part of the Iraqi Media Network (or Shabeket al-Elam Iraqi in Arabic) project undertaken. The Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was the contractor for this Defense Department project.^{[citation needed]}

Included in the programming is the very aggressive Political Actuality program "Burning Issues" that tackles the very sensitive subject of terrorism in Iraq, hosting both the victims and the arrested/convicted perpetrators.

Harris Corporation took over the project from SAIC^[when?] and completed—on time and in budget—two TV channels, a national newspaper, and radio stations.

The channel currently broadcasts in Arabic, Kurdish, and Turkmen languages. Additionally, in December 2023, it was announced that a sister channel of the station would be opened that would broadcast news in the Syriac language.^[1]

On 31 May 2006, Ali Jaafar, a sports anchorman for Iraqi state television, was gunned down in Baghdad.