"World powers, especially America, now have a stranglehold on world media; they direct news and provide information to push their own interests," press tv quoted Iranian Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Press Affairs Ali-Reza Malekian as saying.

"They refrain from publishing certain information about developing countries and sometimes propagate fabricated news," he told a conference of Non-Aligned Movement communication ministers in Venezuela.

Malekian urged NAM member states to jointly found a news network that would provide alternative news in various languages.

The Non-Aligned Movement is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.

Source : english.farsnews.com