Iran Sepid (Persian: ایران سپید; which means white Iran) is a special newspaper for the visually impaired, published in Persian and in Braille script in Tehran. It is owned by the Iranian Cultural Press Institute [fa]. The founder of this newspaper, which was first published on November 18, 1996, is Fereydoun Varedi Nezhad [fa], who was the former managing director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). It has been claimed that White Iran is considered as "the first braille newspaper in the world".[1][2]
Iran Sepid| Type | Daily newspaper (in Braille script) |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner(s) | Iranian Cultural Press Institute fa |
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| Founder(s) | Fereydoun Varedi Nezhad fa |
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| President | Reza Darvish |
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| Language | Persian |
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| City | Tehran |
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| Country | Iran |
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