semiofficial
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Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency reported that a draft peace deal would reopen the strait and lift oil sanctions on Iran.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Iran’s semiofficial media said its forces coordinated their response with the negotiating team in Islamabad and that the destroyers turned around after being confronted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Video broadcast by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency depicted burning buildings and scenes of destruction that were said to have been perpetrated by “terrorists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported the sound of blasts, without giving a cause.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
That tolerance became semiofficial policy in 2000, when North Korea promised leniency to those who had fled the country in search of food.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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