Revolutionary Guards Extend Reach to Iran's Media.

The article reports on the plan of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to launch news agency Atlas in March 2010 to control public opinion, according to analysts. Semiofficial Iranian news sites said that the agency would be similar to the Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp. amid speculation on possible control of Fars News Agency by the Guards. Analysts added that the purpose of Atlas is to control news coming out of Iran to international news agencies. The government recognized Fars with best news agency award in October 2009.