Ruhollah Zam was charged with “corruption on earth” and sentenced to death in June. (AFP)
Tehran:
Iran on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was involved in anti-government protests, state television said.
The station said “counterrevolutionary” Zam was hanged the morning after the high court upheld his sentence due to “the gravity of the crimes” committed against the Islamic republic.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced Zam’s arrest in October last year, claiming he was “led by France’s intelligence service.”
State television said it was “under the protection of the intelligence services of various countries.”
Zam was charged with “corruption on the ground”, one of the most serious crimes under Iranian law, and sentenced to death in June.
The official IRNA news agency said he was also convicted of espionage for France and an anonymous country in the region, cooperating with the “hostile US government”, acting against “the security of the country”, insulting the “sanctity of Islam” and instigating violence. during the 2017 protests.
At least 25 people died during the riots in December 2017 and January 2018, triggered by economic difficulties.
Zam, who reportedly lived in Paris, ran a channel on the Telegram messaging app called Amadnews.
Telegram shut down the channel after Iran demanded that it delete the account for inciting an “armed uprising.”
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