IRIB Mostanad (Persian: شبکهی مستند, Shibkâhi-ye Mistenud, Documentary channel) is a national documentary TV channel in Iran. It was launched on October 6, 2009 and is the first Iranian digital channel. This channel can be received both using set-top boxes and satellites. IRIB Mostanad tries to provide interlingual subtitles to make the languages of different ethnic groups understandable to the audience.