Amadnews ( Acronym for Agahi "''awareness",'' Mobareze ''"fighting",'' Democracy) is an Iranian news website and Telegram channel. Its chief editor was

Ruhollah Zam Ruhollah Zam ( fa, روح‌الله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 197812 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam play ...

, it was founded by him, Sam Mahmoudi, Majid Niknam and Babak Ejlali. From 2015 to 2019 Sam Mahmoudi was the media's editor.

Whistleblowing

Some major stories reported by Amadnews include * Report about personal bank accounts of Iranian Chief Justice * Corruption in

Astan Quds Razavi Astan Quds Razavi ( fa, آستان قدس رضوی, Āstān-e Qods-e Razavi) is a bonyad based at Mashhad, Iran. It is the administrative organization which manages the Imam Reza shrine and various institutions which belong to the organization. ...

* Saeed Toosi

Telegram channel suspension

Following request by Iranian government Telegram suspended Amadnews for violence and advertising use of Cocktail Molotov against police during

2017–2018 Iranian protests Public protests took place in several cities in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continued into early 2018. The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city by population, initially focused on the Economy of Iran, econo ...

. The channel was recreated under another ID "sedaiemardom".

Admin arrest and execution

In October 2019

was arrested by IRGC Intelligence in Iraq and extradited to Iran. He was executed December 2020. The IRGC took control of the Telegram channel.

References

{{Reflist Persian-language websites Iranian news websites News agencies based in Iran