Mehr News Agency

Mehr News Agency is a semi-official Iranian news agency founded in 2003 and affiliated with the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization. Its English edition covers Iranian politics, economy, culture and international affairs.

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Mehr News Agency at a glance

Country: Iran
Region: Türkiye, Iran and Iraq · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Mehr News Agency

Crosswire groups Mehr News Agency as Centrist for comparisons within Iran's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Iran, Tehran Times and Press TV are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Mehr News Agency beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Mehr News Agency sits in Iran's press

Mehr News Agency is one of 5 outlets tracked in Iran, and one of 2 news agencies among them — the other being IRNA. By outlets tracked, Iran ranks 16th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 10 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Mehr News Agency outside Iran, starting with Türkiye, Iran and Iraq, are SANA (Syria), WAFA (Palestine), KUNA (Kuwait) and Saba (Sanaa) (Yemen). Opening one of them beside Mehr News Agency is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.