PRESS CARD

Facilitate your access to the restricted areas and locations covering high security events mainly in crisis situations

What is a Press Card?

A press card, also known as a journalist ID card or media pass, is an identification document issued to journalists and media professionals by press organizations, accrediting them as legitimate representatives of the media. The primary purpose of a press card is to verify a journalists’ professional status and grant them access to events, interviews and locations that are normally off-limits to the general public, helping journalists gather information and report the news effectively.

Benefits of a Press Crad

Here are some significant advantages of having a press card:

Recognition

A press card verifies your status as a professional journalist.

Access

Press cards often enable journalists to bypass the general public access lines at events, sometimes even allowing entry to backstage or off-limits areas for coverage.

Networking

Attending press events provides excellent opportunities for networking and building relationships with the other media representatives.

From gaining access to events to networking opportunities, the benefits of holding a press card are immense. Whether you’re a journalist working for a major media outlet, a freelance reporter, or a blogger, having a press card can provide a range of opportunities and benefits to enhance your career in the media industry.

Steps to Press card

Press card basically serves as an ID during journalists stay in Iran. You are required to introduce yourself by showing your press card once as journalists or press representatives enter the conferences, meetings, rallies, demonstrations, etc. A press card, as an indispensable proof, is an important tool in the daily working life of a journalist. Logically speaking, without having a press card, you cannot even think about working as a journalist in Iran.
So, it is a must have for anyone doing journalistic activities in Iran regardless of the nature of the reports. As one of the foreign media services, Shiva Rasaneh Media Assisting Company provides journalists with their press cards too.
After you are informed of the approval of your visa request as a journalist, the next steps come as follows:

Request

Journalists fill out the press application form in WORD format and then send it back to us. It is needed for getting your press card and work permit.

Progress

Shiva Rasaneh Agency through doing necessary correspondence with the Ministry of Culture Foreign Media Department gets your press cards issued prior to entering Iran.

Ready

While you arrive in Iran, the press card is ready to be handed over to you.

Rules for Press card holders

It is noteworthy that with these privileges also come certain responsibilities. Misusing press credentials, such as creating fake press credentials, can lead to severe consequences, including legal repercussions and damage to professional reputation. It’s also essential to follow journalistic ethics and standards when using a press card.
All journalists during their stay in Iran necessarily must bring their press cards with them while going everywhere or doing any sort of journalistic activities.
In case your press card is lost, immediately inform Shiva Rasaneh Company about this issue, so that our support team will take appropriate measures in no time to overcome this serious problem.