Iran executes journalist on charge of backing protests

Iran has executed a journalist who was accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent, reported British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Ruhollah Zam was hanged on Saturday after the supreme court upheld a death sentence against him, state television reported.

Zam, who had been living in exile in France, was reportedly detained after travelling to Iraq last year, said the BBC report.

He ran Amad News, a popular anti-government website Iran accused of inciting the 2017-18 protests.

The network, which had more than a million followers on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, shared videos of protests and damaging information about Iranian officials, the report added.

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