Iran top court upholds death sentence against dissident journalist Zam (Reuters)

Start Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999


DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam for fuelling anti-government unrest in 2017 on social media, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.


"Yes, the Supreme Court ... has upheld the sentence passed by the Revolutionary Court in this case," spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told a news conference streamed live on a judiciary website. 

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