Iran Captures Exiled Dissident

(Radio Farda) Rouhollah Zam, a Paris-based Iranian dissident, was lured in a "complicated intelligence operation" and brought to Iran, the Revolutionary Guards announced Monday. In a video on Iranian TV in an apparent forced confession, Zam says he regretted his media activities in exile. Zam played a high-profile role in covering the 2017-18 protests across Iran through a Telegram channel named "Amadnews'' with 1.4 million members, which he founded in 2015.


2019-10-15 00:00:00

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