LuaLua TV

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| name = LuaLua TV
قناة اللؤلؤة

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| launch_date = 2011

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| logo = LuaLuaTV.png

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| country = Bahrain

| language = Arabic

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| headquarters = London, United Kingdom

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| website = {{URL|https://lualuatv.net/}}

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LuaLua TV (Arabic:قناة اللؤلؤة) is a Bahraini opposition TV Channel. It started broadcasting in 2011 from London. It was named after the Pearl Roundabout. It is blocked in most Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including Bahrain.{{Cite news |last=Atkinson |first=Simon |date=2011-11-15 |title=Bahrain TV station struggles as signal blocked |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-15699332 |access-date=2019-12-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/ar/20110810-air-from-london-bahrain-opposition-channel-ualua|title=قناة "لؤلؤة" المعارضة تتهم السلطات البحرينية بالتشويش على بثها|date=2011-08-10|website=فرانس 24 / France 24|language=ar|access-date=2019-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-08-18/bahrain-opposition-finds-voice-lualua-tv|title=Bahrain Opposition Finds a Voice With Lualua TV|website=Public Radio International|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}

In June 2021, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Industry and Security seized LuaLua's domain, alongside several other websites such as Press TV, Al-Alam TV and Al-Masirah TV, citing links to Iran and therefore, violations of US sanctions.{{Cite web |title=US authorities seize multiple Iran news websites – DW – 06/22/2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-authorities-seize-iran-linked-news-websites/a-58004961 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=dw.com |language=en}} The website has since come back under a new domain. LuaLua TV was described as pro-Iran by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Reuters.{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Zachary |date=2024-12-18 |title=Meta Dismantles Iranian and Hezbollah Influence Operations Targeting Israel |url=https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/12/18/meta-dismantles-iranian-and-hezbollah-influence-operations-targeting-israel/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=FDD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Arab world split in reactions to killing of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/arab-world-split-reactions-killing-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-2024-09-29/ |website=Reuters}} The channel was accused of supporting Hezbollah and Hamas by broadcasting content by the militant groups, which are considered terrorist organizations in the U.K. where the channel is based. Alicia Kearns and Sir John Jenkins have called on Ofcom to suspend the channel.{{Cite news |last=Gill |first=Charlotte |last2=Sawer |first2=Patrick |date=2023-12-02 |title=Ofcom powerless to stop London-based TV station broadcasting open support for Hamas and Hezbollah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/02/iran-tv-channel-london-support-hamas-ofcom-powerless/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}