Iran Sepid (; which means white Iran) is a special newspaper for the visually impaired, published in Persian and in

Braille Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...

script in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

. It is owned by the . The founder of this newspaper, which was first published on November 18, 1996, is , who was the former managing director of the

Islamic Republic News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA; , ''Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi'' or ), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded in November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is government-fu ...

(IRNA). It has been claimed that White Iran is considered as "the first braille newspaper in the world".

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Braille Persian-language newspapers {{Iran-newspaper-stub