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5 unusual facts about Fars News Agency


Ata'ollah Mohajerani

In 2004, the conservative Islamist news agency Fars accused him of polygamous marriage and adultery, a charged denied by Mohajerani and his wife.

Fadavi Doctrine

The Fadavi Doctrine is an Iranian policy proclaimed by the Naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ali Fadavi, on the Fars News Agency on 6 September 2012.

Fars News Agency

The Wall Street Journal stated the agency is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In June 2012, it released an interview with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in which he wanted a strategic alliance with Iran.

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan

The Fars News Agency reported that the driver of Roshan's car later also died in a hospital from injuries sustained in the explosion.


2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash

The Mehr news agency reports 40 journalists on board worked for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, and the others were from the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iranian Students' News Agency and Fars News Agency, and several newspapers.


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