Islamic Republic News Agency

"IRNA" redirects here. For other uses, see irna (disambiguation).
"Pars News Agency" redirects here. For the news agency controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, see Fars News Agency.
Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Founded13 November 1934
(PARS newspaper)
Location
  • Iran
OwnerMinistry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Key people
Hossein Jaberi-Ansari
Websitewww.irna.ir
Formerly called
Pars News Agency (1934–1981)

The Islamic Republic News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi), or IRNA (ایرنا), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is government-funded and controlled under the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The agency also publishes the newspaper Iran. As of September 2024, the Managing Director of IRNA is Hossein Jaberi-Ansari. IRNA has 60 offices in Iran and 30 more in various countries around the world.[1]

  1. ^ "Ahmadinejad takes over Iranian official news agency". payvand.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-25.