Iran executes dissident journalist Rouhollah Zam

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Iran executed opposition Ruhollah Zam who had lived in exile in France. On Saturday following confirmation of his death sentence for his role in protests against the power of the Iranian regime in 2017 and 2018, state television reported. The counterrevolutionary Zam was hanged in the morning after the confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court of the regime due to the severity of the crimes perpetrated against the Islamic Republic.

Zam had lived in exile in France for several years before being detained by the Guardians of the Revolution, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, under circumstances to be determined. His arrest had been announced in October 2019, but Iran did not specify the place or date of the events accusing the opponent in his 40s of being led by French intelligence and supported by the secret services of the United States and Israel. .

Zam, who had refugee status in France ran a channel ( Adamnews ) on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram and was convicted of playing an active role, through this medium, in the protests in the winter of 2017-2018. At least 25 people were killed in the riots that affected dozens of Iranian cities between December 28, 2017 and January 3, 2018. Tehran described this protest movement against the high cost of living as a sedition that quickly took a political turn.

In June, the judicial authority announced that the revolutionary court in Tehran had considered that the 13 charges [against Zam] amounted to the charge of corruption on earth and therefore, imposed the death penalty.

The organization Reporters Without Borders (RFS) expressed its indignation this Saturday at the execution. In a tweet, RSF, which was closely following the case of this opponent indicated that since October 23 it hadwarned of the imminence of the execution to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.

RSF adds that it is outraged that the Iranian judiciary and the sponsor of this act ali_khamenei have served their sentence mentioning the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.