Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روحالله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an incarcerated Iranian activist and journalist. He was best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews' (or 'Sedaiemardom', lit. 'Voice of the People'), which he founded in 2015. Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–18 Iranian protests, during which he devoted special coverage. Voice of America's Persian service frequently invited Zam on its broadcasts. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of "corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said to have incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. He was sentenced to death by an Iranian court and was executed on 12 December 2020.
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27 July 1978 Tehran, Iran
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12 December 2020 (aged 42) Tehran, Iran
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Zodiac | Leo |
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