Iran International

Crosswire lists Iran International as Center within Iran's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In Iran, Tehran Times and Press TV are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Iran International beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read Iran International beside another title from Iran and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Broadcast newsrooms build around what can be shown and who can be booked, so Iran International's online front page tends to track its on-air running order — watch which stories carry video and which are text-only. Because Iran International is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Iran either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Iran International is one of 5 outlets tracked in Iran, and one of 2 television news channels among them — the other being Press TV. By outlets tracked, Iran ranks 16th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 11 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Iran International outside Iran, starting with Türkiye, Iran and Iraq, are Roya News English (Jordan), Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia), Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Rudaw (Iraq). Opening one of them beside Iran International is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.