Iranian opposition journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed earlier Saturday, according to Iran's semi-official Noor News Agency.
On Tuesday, Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Zam. He was arrested in 2019 after spending years in exile.
Who is Ruhollah Zam?
Ruhollah Zam is an Iranian activist and journalist, born on July 27, 1978, in Tehran to a religious family. He immigrated to France after the 2009 protests.
In October 2019, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had trapped Zam in a "complex operation using intelligence deception". It did not say where the operation took place.
Zam's Amadnews feed was suspended by messaging service Telegram in 2018 for allegedly inciting violence but had reappeared under another name.
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