Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

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Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

IRIB Glass Building in Jame Jam, Tehran
Type	Broadcast radio, television and online
Country	Iran
Availability	National International
Revenue	40 trillion IRR ($950 million) (2019)[1]
Headquarters	Jaame Jam, Park-Ave, Valiasr Street, Tehran
Owner	Government of Iran (publicly owned)
Key people	Peyman Jebelli (Director-General) Mohsen Barmahani (Vice Director-General)
Launch date	1929 (radio) 1958 (television) 1966 (incorporated) 1979 (current form)
Former names	National Iranian Radio and Television
Official website	www.irib.ir

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; Persian: صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران) formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian revolution of 1979, is an Iranian state-controlled media corporation that holds a monopoly of domestic radio and television services in Iran. It is also among the largest media organizations in Asia and the Pacific region and a regular member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.^[2][3] Its head is appointed directly by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.^[4]

With 13,000 employees and branches in 20 countries worldwide, including France, Belgium, Guyana, Malaysia, Lebanon, United Kingdom, the United States, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting offers both domestic and foreign radio and television services, broadcasting twelve domestic television channels, four international news television channels, six satellite television channels for international audiences, and thirty provincial television channels available countrywide, half of which are broadcast in minority-status languages in Iran, for example Azerbaijani and Kurdish, as well as the local accents or dialects of Persian. IRIB provides twelve radio stations for domestic audiences, and through the IRIB World Service, thirty radio stations are available for foreign and international audiences.^{[citation needed]} It also publishes the Persian-language newspaper Jam-e Jam.^[5]