Ruhollah Zam

Ruhollah Zam
Born(1978-07-27)27 July 1978
Died12 December 2020(2020-12-12) (aged 42)
Tehran, Iran
Other namesNima[1]
OccupationJournalist
Known forOperating Telegram channel Amadnews
Criminal charge(s)Espionage
Mofsed-e-filarz
Criminal penaltyCapital punishment by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
SpouseMahsa Razani
Children2
ParentMohammad Ali Zam (father)

Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روح‌الله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist.[2][3] Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of "corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said had incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. He was sentenced to death by an Iranian court[4] and was executed on 12 December 2020.

  1. ^ ""نیما زم" که بود؟". مشرق نیوز. 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ruhollah Zam: Iran 'arrests exiled journalist' for fanning unrest". BBC News. 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ Najibullah, Farangis (5 January 2018). "Controversial Exile Using Social Media To Try To Bring Down Iranian Government". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Ruhollah Zam: Iran sentences journalist to death for fanning unrest". BBC News.