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Sites like Islamic Republic News Agency

The 20 closest state news agency alternatives to Islamic Republic News Agency, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 1 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Islamic Republic News Agency? The closest matches are Mehr News Agency, Varzesh3 and Ministry of Education of Iran. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamic Republic News Agency irna.ir

Wikidata: government news agency of Iran

Top 10K · #5,644 English 1 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Islamic Republic News Agency

Summary by Claude

Official state news agency of Iran publishing news on Iranian and international politics, economy, society, culture and sports in Persian and several other languages.

Who it’s for
Iranian public, international readers, media outlets
Business model
Government funding

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Islamic Republic News Agency’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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United States Department of StateInternational Business TimesRTReutersmusicdelRIA NovostiTASSMinistry of Education of IranVarzesh3

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Islamic Republic News Agency

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Islamic Republic News Agency, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    Mehr News Agency mehrnews.com Top 10K Persian

    خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency

    خبرگزاری مهر آخرين اخبار ايران جهان سياست ورزش اقتصاد فرهنگ حوزه دانشگاه هنر فيلم عکس مجله مهر و استان ها | mehrnews.com, mehrnews, mehr news agency

  2. 02
    Varzesh3 varzesh3.com Top 10K Persian

    مرجع فوتبال و ورزش | ورزش سه

    پایگاه اطلاع رسانی ورزشی برای فارسی زبانان كه اخبار حوزه ورزش (فوتبال،والیبال ،بسكتبال و...)ونتایج بازیها و جداول لیگ های ورزشی را بصورت زنده ارائه می کند

  3. 03

    Iranian ministry responsible for education

  4. 04
    TASS tass.ru Top 10K

    Russian state-owned news agency

  5. 05
    RIA Novosti ria.ru Top 10K

    state-operated domestic Russian-language news agency

  6. 06
    musicdel musicdel.ir Top 10K Persian

    موزیکدل❤️: مرجع دانلود آهنگ ترند و آهنگ های روز

    موزیکدل مرجع دانلود آهنگ جدید ایرانی و ترکی شاد, غمگین, عاشقانه و محلی با بهترین کیفیت صوتی لینک مستقیم همراه با متن ترانه با موزیکدل .❤️

  7. 07
    Reuters reuters.com Top 1K

    international news agency

  8. 08
    Xinhua News Agency news.cn Top 10K

    official press agency of the People's Republic of China

  9. 09
    China Internet Information Center china.com.cn Top 10K

    中国网--网上中国

    国家重点新闻网站,拥有十个语种独立新闻采编、报道和发布权;第一时间报道国家重大新闻事件;国情信息库服务全球读者了解中国;国务院新闻办公室发布会独家网络直播发布网站;拥有国内外顶级学者专家资源,独家编发各种相关政策解读。

  10. 10
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

  11. 11
    RT rt.com Top 10K

    Russian state-controlled international television network

  12. 12
    sputniknews.com Top 10K English

    Sputnik News - World News, Breaking News & Top Stories

    Sputnik International is a global news media keeping you updated on all the latest world news 24/7. Browse Sputnik for breaking news and top stories on politics, economy, social media and the most viral trends.

  13. 13
    The Times of Israel timesofisrael.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare capcha page

    Israel-based online newspaper

  14. 14
    ninisite.com Top 10K Persian

    نی نی سایت | راهنمای بارداری و بچه داری

    نی نی سایت | راهنمای بارداری و بچه داری

  15. 15
    The Jerusalem Post jpost.com Top 10K English

    The Jerusalem Post - All News from the Middle East, Israel, and the Jewish World

    The Jerusalem Post is Israel's most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper bringing breaking news, world news & middle east news.

  16. 16
    Xinhuanet xinhuanet.com Top 10K

    新华网_让新闻离你更近

    中国主要重点新闻网站,依托新华社遍布全球的采编网络,记者遍布世界100多个国家和地区,地方频道分布全国31个省市自治区,每天24小时同时使用6种语言滚动发稿,权威、准确、及时播发国内外重要新闻和重大突发事件,受众覆盖200多个国家和地区,发展论坛是全球知名的中文论坛。

  17. 17
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    International Business Times - Business News, Financial news

    International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.

  18. 18
    Cafe Bazaar cafebazaar.ir Top 10K Persian

    دانلود برنامه و بازی برای اندروید | بازار

    دانلود و نصب هزاران برنامه رایگان و غیررایگان اندروید در ایران

  19. 19
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  20. 20
    China News Service chinanews.com.cn Top 10K

    中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻

    中国新闻网,是知名的中文新闻门户网站,也是全球互联网中文新闻资讯最重要的原创内容供应商之一。依托中新社遍布全球的采编网络,每天24小时面向广大网民和网络媒体,快速、准确地提供文字、图片、视频等多样化的资讯服务。在新闻报道方面,中新网动态新闻及时准确,解释性报道角度独特,稿件被国内外网络媒体大量转载。

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to irna.ir’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Islamic Republic News Agency uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

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What Islamic Republic News Agency is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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