Rouhollah Zam, the Paris-backed anti-Iran propagandist who played a key role in the 2017-18 protests across the Islamic Republic, went on trial in Tehran on Monday morning.
Zam, who was arrested last October in a “sophisticated” operation by the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization, is being tried in Tehran at the 15th Branch of Revolution Court by Judge Salavati.
Zam has been charged with:
He has also been sued by a number of legal and natural people.
Zam who used to live in Paris, operated the opposition Telegram channel and news site dubbed “Amad News” with over one million followers.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement in October described Zam’s arrest as a blow to foreign intelligence services that directed and supported him, especially the French intelligence service as well as the US and Israeli intelligence services.
Shortly after his arrest, Zam appeared on Iran’s national TV and expressed remorse for his wrongdoings. He said “I am sorry for the way I have behaved and misused mass media. I am sorry for trusting foreign governments. Trusting the French government in particular, was wrong. I never thought I would get caught.”
Zam was apparently en route to Baghdad through Amman on October 11 before being arrested. He had even sent his wife a photo of himself in the Amman airport.
There were reports that he had been lured into visiting Iraq and meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, but the top Shiite cleric’s office denied the allegations.
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