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Written by Rahel Philipose, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 11:02:51 pm Ruhollah Zam, a dissident journalist who was captured in what Tehran calls an intelligence operation, speaks during his trial in Tehran, Iran, on June 2, 2020. Photo taken on June 2, 2020. …

DUBAI: Iran on Saturday executed a journalist in exile for his online work that helped inspire national economic protests in 2017, just over a year after authorities tricked him into traveling to Iraq, where he was kidnapped. Ruhollah Zam, 47, was one of several opposition figures successfully captured by Iranian …