Initially launched in February 2008 to meet the needs and the preferences of the people in the Middle East in terms of sharing and creating original videos, but it expanded services to Iran and Pakistan in mid-2009.

[1] Videos are uploaded at Kalam by registered users only where they can create, customize their channels and profile with avatar, background and header images.

The website has features like Video embedding, downloading, sharing publicly or privately, user-commenting, rating, play lists.

Users can make friends, chat and can watch videos in low or high quality.

Kalam Farsi was the first online resource for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's exclusive interview on Al Aan TV[4] The Urdu section focuses on citizen journalists from Pakistan and is the only video sharing website for Urdu speakers[citation needed].