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isna

British  
/ ˈɪznɪ /

verb

  1. is not

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The Customs Administration said the cargo which caught fire and exploded had neither been registered nor formally declared before the incident, according to the Isna news agency.

From BBC

Isna, a semi-official Iranian news agency, shared footage of the fire which lit up the sky and sent huge plumes of smoke into the air.

From BBC

Iran’s police chief, Hossein Ashtari, said on Thursday that “the police will not show restraint in dealing with security threats,” according to ISNA, the Iranian student news agency.

From New York Times

On Saturday, Iran’s chief prosecutor, Mohamed Jafar Montazeri, said the religious police “had been closed,” in a report published by the semi-official news agency, ISNA.

From Seattle Times

On Sunday, the head of the judiciary in Isfahan confirmed that Mr Salehi had been indicted on the charge of "corruption on Earth", the semi-official Isna news agency reported, adding that he was accused of the "publication of lies on a large scale, in a way that has caused major damages".

From BBC