Al-Monitor reports Iran’s state TV is “Last Station of Lies,” a controversial documentary series that claims to reveal the truth about outside forces seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
Part two of the series focuses on Amad News. Founded in 2015 by Ruhollah Zam, an exiled journalist based in Paris, Amad News has long been demonized by the Islamic Republic, cast as a news source that incites violence and promotes regime change through the dissemination of fake news. Amad News operates across a variety of platforms, including Telegram, the most popular social media network in Iran.
Amad has thrived because of the orthodoxy of Iran’s state-dominated media out lets.
It’s unclear whether the Iranian public sees Amad News as a reliable news source. Amad News has capitalized on an information vacuum in Iran, given its lack of private news networks that challenge the state. Amad News’ target audience desires information and analysis from sources whose narratives oppose those of state media. Many have blamed the Iranian state broadcaster and its lack of professional coverage for the quick rise of Amad News.
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Amad News claims it has deep influence among Iranian authorities, as well as access to classified information. It previously released documents alleging that a daughter of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the powerful outgoing head of the judiciary, had spied for the UK government. Iranian authorities have vehemently denied these reports, insisting that Amad News’ stories are baseless and intended to only draw a bigger audience. They accuse Zam of working for “the CIA, Mossad and several European intelligence organizations
Source: Iran spy services claim infiltration of foreign-based opposition in new series
