Student News Network (SNN) is an Iranian official

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known for publishing university and student news. All of SNN's content is free content and

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licensed.

History

Student News Agency was founded on 2002 by Hadi Ghasemi. Ghasemi is the current CEO of SNN. SNN's name in early years of its activity was ''"Student News Network"'' but later after receiving official news agency license from

Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( fa, وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی, ''Vâzart-e Ferheng-e vâ Arshad-e Eslâmi'') ("Ministry of CIG") is the Ministry of Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible ...

, it renamed to "Student News Agency".

Services

Besides university and students news, SNN also produces and publishes content related to a variety of subjects, including: *Science and Technology * Provinces * Politics * Economics * Culture * Social * Sports * Photo * Multimedia * Graphic and Caricature

Controversial works

Student News Agency has been one of the most active and marginalized media in the field of news and has caused controversial events in each of the governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Doctor Salam

The most marginal product of SNN is the political satire series "Doctor Salam", which deals with the current affairs of the society, criticizes the actions of government officials and has always been criticized by them. Every year, the anniversary of the launch of this product is held by Student News Agency, and thousands of enthusiasts and fans of this comic collection participate in places such as the 7th of Tir Martyrs' Stadium and other places. The celebration has always been accompanied by various fringes. Among them is Dr. Salam's five-year birthday party, which was scheduled to take place at

Azadi Indoor Stadium The Azadi Indoor Stadium, officially named Azadi 12,000 Capacity Hall ( fa, سالن دوازده هزار نفری آزادی), is an indoor sports arena in Tehran, Iran. The stadium has a seating capacity of 6,583, and the stadium capacity w ...

. However, with several sabotages by the officials of the Ministry of Ershad, the license to hold the program at Azadi Stadium was revoked and it was held at the Imam Ali Stadium of the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

. So far, more than 180 episodes of this collection of socio-political satire have been produced and presented through the Student News Agenc
website

Press Exhibition

Every year, Student News Agency participates in press and news agency exhibitions, and its presence in this exhibition has always been accompanied by various news and margins. For example, the presence of this news agency in the 2015 Press Exhibition was accompanied by various controversies. In this exhibition, the booth of Student News Agency had become one of the most newsworthy topics. To protest the policies of the exhibition, the agency's officials closed the exhibition by pulling purple ribbons around the booth and refusing to attend the exhibition.

Key people

* CEO: Hadi Ghasemi * Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Amin Salimi

History

Services

Controversial works

Doctor Salam

Press Exhibition

Key people

See also

References

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