Azad News Agency (ANA) ( fa, خبرگزاری دانشگاه آزاد (آنا)) is an

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which was launched on May 19, 2004 at the ''Human Science Department'' of Islamic Azad University. The News-Agency is active in four languages of Persian, English,

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. The owner of the agency is Islamic Azad University; and Morteza Khalafi-Zadeh is the current CEO of ANA. Hassan Karbalai was the former "chief executive officer" of it. According to the agency head: "Azad News Agency was launched in order to develop information dissemination and create a change in the field of university-activities...; On the other hand, ANA is organized to be active in diverse departments of (Islamic) Azad University.”

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, Azad News Agency (ANA), Retrieved 15 February 2021

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