Pupils Association News Agency (PANA) is the Iranian student
news agency
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. It was opened by agreement between
the Student Organization and the managing director of
Islamic Republic News Agency
The Islamic Republic News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, ''Xebergâzari-ye Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye''), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency ...
and confirmed by the Minister of Education and
Minister of Islamic Culture in June 2002. These actions were supported by
Ayatollah Khamenei
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia '' marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president ...
. Its Education service (Iranian School Information” PAMA”) the latest news about schools in Iran and offers journalists, writers and critics to the Iranian media. Now, Ardeshir Dehghani is the Manager of PANA.
Education
PANA began its activities in summer 2003. Its “Student Reporter Club“ trains students to give aware, faithful, expert and committed reports on cultural, scientific, sports and general news reports to the Iranian community. The training includes three levels; elementary, supplementary and advanced. As of 2011 PANA was training 2,660 active student reporters and 3,500 other student reporters around the country act as volunteer reporters.
Organization
PANA is a subset of the Ministry of Education. PANA launched news services, “10,000
Quran
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schools” and “student sports” to promote Islamic culture and sports. PANA publishes news of Iranian sports achievements and performance in international, Asian, national and provincial tournaments. PANA News Agency has 32 active agencies in Iran (Provincial) and 12 semi-active agencies outside Iran.
PANA has offices in 100 Iranian schools and 140 Iranian schools around the world. The central office is at number 2, Kousha Street, down Ershad mosque, Dr Shariati Street,
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
.
Honorary members
PANA's honorary members include officials of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
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, such as
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
References
About PANA
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