Country Iran | Official website mana.ir | |
Type Broadcast newspaper online and mobile Founded July 11, 2004; 12 years ago (2004-07-11) Headquarters No 523, Aseman Tower, Shahid Lavasani, (Farmanieh), Junction, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran, Iran Owner Marine and Ports Organization | ||
[Iran] Maritime News Agency is a private news agency in Iran launched in 2004. Its purpose is to cover a variety of marine, shipping, tourism and navy news along with other fields related to the industry.
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The website states it is the sole news wire service to cover marine news in the Islamic Republic. The news agency has given large coverage to events such as shipping news, Persian Gulf news, well as the Caspian Sea.
As of 2014, MANA's main headquarters for news is based in Iran's capital Tehran, with reporters across the country and region sending in reports. The news agency covers such news as the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line stories as well as global shipping stories.
MANA English News
The English department of MANA, is staffed with dual language speakers of both English and Persian provides readers with English versions of articles, news, photos, videos and analyses produced in the Persian department, but not necessarily every piece of the Persian products.