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Type Broadcast newspaper online and mobile Founded November 11, 2012; 4 years ago (2012-11-11) Headquarters 12th Avenue, Mirzaye Shirazi Street, Tehran, Iran Owner Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) Key people Majid Gholizadeh
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Tasnim News Agency is a private news agency in Iran launched in 2012. Its purpose is to cover a variety of political, social, economic and international subjects along with other fields. All its content is licensed as Creative Commons.
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Its stated aims are to defend the Islamic Republic against negative media propaganda campaign and providing readers with realities on the ground about Iran and Islam. The news agency has given large coverage to events such as the Arab Spring otherwise known in Iran Islamic Awakening referring to the uprisings across the Arab World which started in 2009. It also says adds that it is to promote Islamic principles across the world.
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 Iranian Revolutionary Guards 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"
Tasnim English News
The English department of Tasnim News Agency, 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.
Germanwings Flight 9525
Sports journalist Milad Hojjatoleslami of the Tasnim News Agency and Hossein Javadi of Vatan-e-Emrooz were among the victims of Germanwings Flight 9525, which crashed 24 March 2015 in Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.