Artesh vs Iran International, BBC Persian and IranWire: translated aggregation vs original reporting

Iran International, BBC Persian and IranWire each publish their own reporting. Artesh does not report: it aggregates and translates what Iranian and international outlets publish, and adds the open-market rial rate, sanctions and entity pages, and a daily email brief. Pick a newsroom for original journalism and broadcast; pick Artesh to read many outlets side by side in English.

	Artesh	Iran International	BBC Persian	IranWire
Language(s)	English and Persian	English, Persian and Arabic (site language switcher)	Persian (BBC lists its other language services separately)	Persian, English, Arabic, Kurdish, Azerbaijani and Spanish (its About page)
Aggregation and translation vs original reporting	Aggregates and translates other outlets; no original reporting	Own reporting (sections such as Exclusive and Special Report); aggregation not stated	BBC News service with its own articles, live pages and TV; aggregation not stated	Own reporting by professional and citizen journalists (its About page)
Update frequency	New articles are fetched and translated through the day; briefs are daily	not stated; has a live TV page and live blogs	not stated; has a live TV page and live pages	not stated
Rial rate (open market) and history	Yes: dollar-to-rial page with converter, chart and daily history	Not found on the pages checked	Not found on the pages checked	Not found on the pages checked
Sanctions / entity data	Yes: sanctioned entities in the news, linked to official records, and entity pages	A sanctions news section; no entity database found	Not found on the pages checked	Not found on the pages checked
Daily email brief	Yes: daily brief by email with the rial rate, Brent and gold	A newsletter sign-up exists; frequency not stated	Not found on the pages checked	Not found on the pages checked
Broadcast (TV / live video)	No; audio editions of the daily briefs	Yes: live TV page	Yes: live TV page	not stated
Price	Free	not stated; no paywall seen	not stated; no paywall seen	not stated; has a donate page
Account needed	No	No, for the pages checked	No, for the pages checked	No, for the pages checked

Details from each provider's public pages, checked November 11, 2026: iranintl.com/en, iranintl.com/en/about, bbc.com/persian, iranwire.com/en, iranwire.com/en/about. "Not stated" means the pages we read did not say. Names are used only to identify each service. Next check due by February 9, 2027.

Choose Iran International, BBC Persian or IranWire if

You want original reporting, interviews and investigations from a newsroom.
You want live television or video coverage.
You read Persian (all three), Arabic (Iran International, IranWire) or Kurdish, Azerbaijani or Spanish (IranWire).
You follow one newsroom and want its full output, not a selection.

Choose Artesh if

You want what many Iranian and international outlets published today, translated into English, in one place.
You want the open-market rial rate, Brent and gold next to the news.
You want one email a day instead of checking several sites.
You track named people, companies and sanctions designations across outlets.

Who Artesh suits best

A single analyst, researcher, student or journalist who cannot read Persian and has no budget for a monitoring service. Artesh is free, needs no account, and takes one email a day to keep up. It is a way to find and compare coverage; for the reporting itself, follow the link on each item to the outlet that published it.

Questions

Is Artesh a news outlet like Iran International or BBC Persian?

No. Artesh does not employ reporters or publish original reporting. It aggregates and translates articles from Iranian and international outlets and links each one to its source.

Does Artesh replace reading these outlets?

No. It helps you see what many outlets published and decide what to read. The original article is linked on every item.

Which of these publish in English?

Iran International and IranWire have English editions. BBC Persian publishes in Persian; the BBC has separate English services. Artesh publishes in English and Persian.

Is there a daily email?

Artesh sends a daily brief by email with the open-market rial rate, Brent and gold. Iran International has a newsletter sign-up; its frequency is not stated on the pages we checked. We did not find one on the BBC Persian or IranWire pages we checked.

How much does Artesh cost?

Artesh is free and needs no account.

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