TASS (, "Soobshchyeniye TASS"). TASS included affiliated news agencies in all 14 Soviet republics in addition to Russia: RATAU (Ukrainian SSR, now Ukrinform), BelTA (Byelorussian SSR), ETA (Estonian SSR), Latinform (Latvian SSR, now LETA), ELTA (Lithuanian SSR), ATEM (Moldavian SSR, now Moldpres), Armenpress (Armenian SSR), Gruzinform (Georgian SSR), Azerinform (Azerbaijan SSR, now AZERTAC), UzTAG (Uzbek SSR, now UzA), KazTAG (Kazakh SSR, now Kazinform), KyrTAG (Kyrgyz SSR, now Kabar), Turkmeninform (Turkmen SSR, now TDH) and TajikTA (Tajik SSR, now Khovar). Over the history other affiliates existed, e.g. KarelfinTAG for the Karelo-Finnish SSR. TASS news and photos were received by 4,000 Soviet newspapers,
Iranian Agriculture News Agency Iranian Agriculture News Agency Iranian Agriculture News Agency (IANA) is an Iranian Official news agency focused on agricultural issues of the world countries and introduces that of Iran to the world. Its start dates back to May 2004 with the goal of specialized activities on Agriculture and Rural Development and to help the national network of informing to develop in agriculture sector and to provide information for beneficiaries and specialists and to attend between other written electronic media, offering solving suggestions and establish a dynamic and productive connection with the public thoughts in and out of Iran in order to