Fars News Agency

Fars News Agency (FNA) is a news agency in Iran. While it describes itself as "Iran's leading independent news agency",[1] news organizations such as CNN[2] and Reuters[3] describe it as a "semi-official" news agency with ties to the government. The Wall Street Journal has stated the agency is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps.[4]

Its managing director Saeid Noubari is a former head of the public relations office of the Tehran Justice Department. FNA's managing editor Mehdi Fazaeli is also the spokesman of Iran's Association of Muslim Journalists.

In addition to Persian, FNA also provides news in English, Turkish and Arabic.

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References

  1. ^ "Fars News Agency". English.farsnews.com. 2006-03-21. http://english.farsnews.com/aboutus.php. Retrieved 2011-12-13. 
  2. ^ "Iranian seminarians denounce anti-government protesters". CNN. 2009-12-12. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/12/iran.protests/. Retrieved 2011-12-13. 
  3. ^ "Iran investigates reports it detained Britons-media". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDAH12659320091201. Retrieved 2011-12-13. 
  4. ^ Iran Says Amiri Spied on U.S. The Wall Street Journal, Farnaz Fassihi. July 21, 2010

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