Staff. The head of TV is Mahmood Enayat, and the Director of News is Aliasghar Ramezanpour, who was the deputy Minister of Culture of Iran under former president Mohammad Khatami. In July 2019, Iranian media reporter Mazdak Mirzaei, a football commentator and TV host joined Iran International.

Officially an Islamic republic, Iran has a Muslim-majority population. The country is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. The nation's capital and most populous city is Tehran, with around 16 million people in its metropolitan area. Other major cities include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, and Shiraz.

After several western-backed attempts to control Iran's leadership, the country became an Islamic Republic in 1979. Iran is a theocratic republic with a supreme leader appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts and a president elected by popular vote.