Azerbaijan State News Agency Azerbaijan State News Agency Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) is the official news agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Aslan Aslanov has been the agency's director general since 2002. Since 15 march 2018 Chairman of the Board. AZERTAC was established on 1 March 1920. Throughout the Soviet period, the agency held various names and after restoration of Azerbaijani independence in 1991, the agency name was restored. In 1995-2000, the agency was named "State Telegraph Agency under Cabinet of Ministers" and then it was renamed to "Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency". February 26, 2015 President Ilham Aliyev has today signed an order
Fars News Agency Rushdie in regards to The Satanic Verses controversy. Fars promised $30,000 for the killing of Rushdie. Fars News Agency The Fars News Agency is a news agency in Iran. While it describes itself as "Iran's leading independent news agency", it is widely described by news media to be a "semi-official" news agency of the Government of Iran. All its content is Creative Commons licensed. Fars News Agency was founded in 2003. In addition to Persian reporting, the agency also provides news in English, Turkish and Arabic. In June 2012, Fars released an interview with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in which