Ruhollah Zam encouraged anti-government demonstrations and used his Telegram channel to spread embarrassing information about officials

Iran has executed a journalist over his role in inspiring nationwide economic protests in 2017, months after he returned from exile to Tehran under mysterious circumstances.

Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency said that Ruhollah Zam, 47, was hanged early on Saturday morning. The reports did not elaborate.

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