RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched a Farsi-language satellite television channel broadcasting Haj. Minister of Culture and Information Adel Al-Toraifi has revealed that the channel is also being broadcast by radio to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as via mobile phone applications and the Internet, according to SPA.

Al-Toraifi said the channel “aims to broadcast the message of Haj, the eternal meanings of Islam and what is being provided by the Kingdom ... to pilgrims and visitors.”