ILNA

What ILNA does

ILNA (خبرگزاری کار ایران, Iran Labor News Agency) is a privately held Iranian news agency founded in 2003 and headquartered in Tehran. It operates a multi-category digital news platform covering labor, economics, politics, social issues, culture and arts, international affairs, sports, and provincial news, with a correspondent network spanning all 31 Iranian provinces. The agency distinguishes itself through dedicated coverage of labor relations, worker protests, wage disputes, social security, and industrial accidents — topics that anchor Iran's economic and social coverage. Content is published in Persian, English, and Arabic across a website, RSS feeds, and social media channels on Twitter/X (@ilnanews) and Instagram (@ilna_news).

The underlying technology is a conventional category-based CMS-driven news portal organized into 14 major sections (Political, Economic, Labor, Social, Culture & Art, International, Provincial, Sports, Media Services, Marketplace, Commercial Television, Photo, and Audio/Video), with no disclosed proprietary software products, APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities. No mobile applications are listed. Distribution relies on direct website access, RSS syndication to partner sites and aggregators, and social media — a digital-first model that avoids the cost structure of print or broadcast. Regional depth is the key technical-operational asset: provincial reporting is delivered from correspondents in capitals and key cities across all Iranian provinces.

ILNA generates revenue through advertising placements on its digital platform and through specialized media services to subscribers, with no publicly disclosed pricing or subscription tiers. Its customer segments are fragmented across labor, business, government, and general public audiences, served via a long-tail distributed model rather than anchor enterprise contracts. The company is privately owned, with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, management team details, M&A activity, patents, certifications, or partnerships in the source material.

Name

ILNA

Legal name

خبرگزاری کار ایران (ایلنا)

Website

https://ilna.ir

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ILNA (Iran Labor News Agency, خبرگزاری کار ایران) is a privately held Tehran-based news agency operating a multilingual digital platform covering labor, economics, politics, and general news across all 31 Iranian provinces, funded through advertising and media services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

News Agency Services

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJADAE

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• News agency services
• Labor news coverage
• Digital news media
• Multilingual journalism
• Iranian news portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. News Agency Services: ILNA operates as a labor-focused news agency generating revenue through media services, content distribution, and news provision to businesses, government entities, and individuals. The agency also generates revenue through advertising placements on its digital platform and specialized media services to subscribers.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ILNA (Iran Labor News Agency / خبرگزاری کار ایران) is a private Iranian news agency that produces and distributes labor-focused and general news content across multilingual digital platforms (Persian, English, Arabic). It covers labor, economics, politics, social, cultural, sports, international, and regional Iranian news through a website (www.ilna.ir), RSS feeds, and social media channels, supported by a network of regional correspondents across all 31 Iranian provinces. The agency also offers Media Services for media product orders and a Marketplace section covering industry-specific news segments.

Product overview

ILNA (Iran Labor News Agency / خبرگزاری کار ایران) is an Iranian news agency website focused on labor, economic, political, social, cultural, and sports news coverage. The platform operates as a traditional news portal with category-based navigation including Political, Economic (with technology subcategory), Labor, Social, Culture & Art, International, Provincial, Sports, and a Marketplace section. The website also offers Media Services for media product orders. No named software products, modules, or distinct product offerings beyond the news portal itself were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ILNA Digital News Portal (www.ilna.ir) ILNA's flagship digital news portal providing category-based news, photo, video, and audio content across labor, economic, political, social, cultural, international, provincial, and sports categories, with archive access. The portal is free to readers and supported by advertising, serving individual readers, businesses, government entities, and media organizations across Iran.
• ILNA Media Services (Commercial Television / Media Product Orders) A B2B media-service offering allowing businesses, government entities, and other clients to commission and order media products from ILNA, including commercial television content. This service monetizes ILNA's editorial production capability beyond advertising.
• ILNA Multilingual Editions (English and Arabic) English and Arabic-language editions of the ILNA news portal providing international audiences with access to Iranian labor, economic, political, social, cultural, sports, and international news. Extends ILNA's reach beyond Persian-speaking audiences in Iran.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency): Iran's official state news agency operating a national wire service across politics, economics, and social beats. Most directly comparable to ILNA as a domestic Iranian news agency with multi-province coverage and wire-distribution model, though state-affiliated rather than private.
• Mehr News Agency: Iranian private news agency covering politics, economy, society, sports, and international news via a multilingual digital platform. Closely comparable to ILNA in scope, multilingual distribution, and private-sector operating model.
• Mizan News Agency: Iranian news agency affiliated with the judiciary, providing national news coverage through a digital platform. Comparable to ILNA as a domestic Iranian news agency with wire-style distribution.
• ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency): Major Iranian news agency providing multi-category national news coverage via a digital platform. Closely comparable to ILNA in operating model (digital-first national news agency) and audience target, competing for the same advertiser and reader pool.
• Tasnim News Agency: Large Iranian private news agency with broad multi-vertical coverage and a strong digital platform. Comparable to ILNA in news-agency model, digital distribution, and audience breadth.
• Fars News Agency: Iranian news agency with national and international news production distributed via web and syndication. Directly comparable to ILNA in product model and target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Associated Press (AP): Global wire service producing and syndicating news across verticals to media outlets worldwide. Comparable to ILNA's wire-agency model, though AP operates at global scale with multimedia syndication infrastructure.
• Reuters: Global wire service distributing news across politics, economics, and international affairs to media and enterprise clients. Comparable to ILNA at the wire-service / news-agency category level, though operating at vastly larger international scale.
• Agence France-Presse (AFP): International wire service producing multi-vertical news in multiple languages for global media clients. Comparable to ILNA at the news-agency category level, particularly on the multilingual distribution dimension.
• Press TV: Iranian state-affiliated broadcaster operating a broader multi-platform news operation (TV, web, video). Comparable as an Iranian state-aligned news incumbent with overlapping audiences, though its primary medium is broadcast rather than wire-style text.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ilnanews
• Instagraminstagram.com/ilna_news

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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