semiofficial
Americanadjective
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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
Some people held photographs of Mr. Raisi; the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported that the country’s interior minister and acting president had been spotted in the crowd.
From New York Times ● May 21, 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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