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= Amad News = Amad News (Persian: آمد نیوز) is a political news agency in Iran. Amad (آمد) is acronym for awareness (آگاهی), struggle (مبارزه) and Democracy (دموکراسی). Amad News was founded by Roohollah Zam, Babak Ejlali and Majid Niknam, but Zam claims that he has given its control to a group of journalists. Amad News founders consider themselves a popular resistance group which is formed to oppose and expose Iranian regime's corruption and secret activities. Amad News claims to have news from the secret parts of Iranian regime.

Amad News Telegram Channel
Amad News' channel in Telegram messenger is a politically active and controversial channel. This channel reached more than 500,000 members in August 2017. This number increased to 600,000 and 850,000 in the following October and December, respectively. Amad News' members increased to more than 1.4 million in late December. Their Telegram channel was blocked by Telegram during 2017–18 Iranian protests due to what Telegram officials claimed as "Promoting violence" by this channel. Their second and third channel were subsequently closed by Telegram. Their fourth Telegram channel by the name of Sedaye Mardom (Persian: صدای مردم; People's voice) has more than 1.6 million subscribers by June 2018. It is believed that Iranian officials have banned Telegram messenger in Iran because of Amad News' channel in this messenger.