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Tasnim News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری تسنیم) is a semi-official news agency in Iran.[2] It has links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).[3] Launched in 2012, its purpose is to cover a variety of political, social, economic and international subjects along with other fields.[4] All its content is licensed as Creative Commons.[clarification needed][citation needed]
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| Type | Broadcast newspaper online and mobile |
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| Country | |
| Founded | November 11, 2012 |
| Headquarters | 12th Avenue, Mirzaye Shirazi Street, Tehran, Iran |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Owner | Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) |
Key people | Majid Gholizadeh (chairman)[1] |
Official website | Tasnim News Agency |
| Language | Persian, English, Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Hebrew |
Profile
Its stated aims are to "[defend] the Islamic Republic against negative media propaganda campaign and providing our readers with realities on the ground about Iran and Islam."[5]
As of 2014, Tasnim's main headquarters for news is based in Iran's capital Tehran, with reporters across the country and region sending in reports.
Tasnim has strong links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On 10 April 2013 the IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari visited the Tasnim headquarters and was quoted by the news agency saying "The faithful and Revolutionary media have today a very heavy duty in confronting anti-islamic and anti-human plots of the oppressors".[6]
News fields
All news topics of Tasnim News are in the fields such as the Islamic Awakening, political, cultural, social, economic, international, sports, pictures, graphics, movies, audio and other fields.[7]
Tasnim English News
Tasnim News Agency maintains a department staffed with dual language speakers of both English and Persian which translates some of the agency's articles into English.[8]
Tasnim Hebrew News
Tasnim Hebrew News[9] officially started publishing news on 3 January 2022.[10]
COVID-19 pandemic
According to a report from the Anti-Defamation League, Tasnim has alleged in a series of articles that COVID-19 is part of "an American and Jewish plot at world domination through population control" hatched by Henry Kissinger, who is described as "the unique Jewish scholar and American strategist" and "a master controller of government and international finance."[11]
References
- ^ "خبرگزاری تسنیم - خبرگزاری تسنیم؛ چشمهی جوشان آگاهیبخشی". Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Rezaei, Farhad (2019). Iran’s Foreign Policy After the Nuclear Agreement: Politics of Normalizers and Traditionalists. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 91.
According to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency (TNA) (...)
- ^ Koyagi, Mikiya (2021). Iran in Motion: Mobility, Space, and the Trans-Iranian Railway. Stanford University Press. p. 197.
Tasnim News Agency, a media outlet with links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (...)
- ^ "Tasnim News Agency launched". Tehran Times. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "About us". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Visit of IRGC Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "سایت خبرگزاری تسنیم". April 25, 2021.
- ^ "Tasnim News Agency". Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "חדשות באיראן ובעולם | Tasnim News Agency".
- ^ "Tasnim News Agency Launches Website in Hebrew Language - Society/Culture news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved Nov 22, 2022.
- ^ Lerner, Shaya; Weinberg, David Andrew (April 3, 2020). "Battling COVID, Iran Regime Makes Jews its Bogeyman". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
External links
Media related to Tasnim at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Persian)
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