Mizan News Agency
Iranian news agency
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Mizan News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری میزان) is the official news agency of the Iranian judiciary.[1]
| Mizan News Agency | |
|---|---|
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| Type | News agency |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Iran |
| Key people | Mehdi Keshdar (CEO) |
| Website | mizanonline |
History and management
Content
Mizan News Agency specializes in news about judiciary-related topics, such as criminal proceedings, and also publishes general domestic and international news.[7][8] IranWire in 2022 described one of its main functions as responding to criticisms about the judiciary and prison conditions.[9] In May 2026, BBC Persian described its coverage of executions of protesters as "fraught with ambiguities and questions about the court process", and noted a consistent pattern of framing the cases in national security terms.[8]
In 2018, Mizan News Agency published an article threatening BBC Persian journalists that they will "get what they deserve" for being "divisive" and "misrepresenting history", which the BBC condemned as a "significant escalation of the threats made against named BBC Persian staff".[10]