Sputnik News- Sputnik international news agency and radio and Iran�s leading news agency, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), have signed a cooperation agreement.

Rossiya Segodnya Director General, Dmitry Kiselev, and IRNA Managing Director, Mohammad Khodaddi, sealed the agreement. The parties have agreed to�exchange information, hold joint events, and strengthen media cooperation between�Russia and Iran.

IRNA Managing Director Mohammad Khodaddi said: �Cooperation with�influential foreign news agencies is on�IRNA agenda. We believe that direct news exchange between�news agencies is the only way to�counter one-way flow of�information in�the world. Therefore, cooperation between�IRNA as�official news agency of�the Islamic Republic of�Iran and Rossiya Segodnya and Sputnik will have important role in�introducing potential capacities of�cooperation between�Iran and Russia in�all fields.�

Sputnik is a news agency and radio network with�multimedia news hubs in�dozens of�countries. Sputnik broadcasts through�its websites in�over 30 languages, as�well as�on analog and digital radio, mobile apps, and social media. Sputnik newswires, available by�subscription, 24/7 in�English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese.

IRNA is a state-run news agency of�the IslamicRepublic of�Iran established in�1934. One of�the mostrespected and quoted media in�the country, the agency publishes daily news in�Farsi, Urdu, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Turkish.