Ruhollah Zam was an Iranian activist and journalist.
13 Facts About Ruhollah Zam
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Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death by an Iranian court and was executed on 12 December 2020.
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Ruhollah Zam was born into a clerical family in Tehran in 1978.
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Ruhollah Zam's father, Mohammad-Ali Zam, is a reformist who served in senior government positions in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Mohammad-Ali Ruhollah Zam chose the name "Rouhollah" for his son as he was a supporter of Rouhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic in Iran Rouhollah later asked his friends to call him Nima.
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Ruhollah Zam turned against the establishment after the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, and was imprisoned in Evin Prison for some time.
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Ruhollah Zam eventually fled Iran to reside in France in 2011.
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Ruhollah Zam was married to Mahsa Razani and had two daughters.
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Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death according to the judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, on 30 June 2020.
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Ruhollah Zam, who was living under police protection, discussed all his travel plans with French Police.
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Le Figaro implied that French police did not discourage Ruhollah Zam from traveling, as part of a prisoner swap agreement with Iran.
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Ruhollah Zam was executed in Rejaei Shahr prison and was on hunger strike at the time of execution.
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The foreign ministry of France, where Ruhollah Zam was living in exile, stated,.