TASS Is Authorized to Declare... a coup d'etat in the country by pro-American General Ogano against ruling progressive president Grisso. Several foreign whistleblowers providing Slavin with information are killed by Glabb's order. As the result of successful KGB operation, the TASS state news agency issues a sensational news bulletin exposing the CIA plot. TASS Is Authorized to Declare... TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (, translit. "TASS upolnomochen zayavit...") is a 1984 Soviet spy miniseries directed by Vladimir Fokin. The series is set in Cold War era and portrays the struggle of Soviet and American intelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same
Islamic Republic News Agency Islamic Republic News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency (), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is government-funded and controlled under the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The agency also publishes the newspaper "Iran". , the Managing Director of IRNA is Mohammad Khodaddi. IRNA has 60 offices in Iran and 30 more in various countries around the world. In 1934, Pars Agency was established by the Foreign Ministry of Iran (Persia) as the country's official national news outlet. For the next six years it operated under the Iranian Foreign Ministry