Acting
Roholla Zam
Born — Died
1978-07-27 — 2020-12-12
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روحالله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of "corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said had incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. He was sentenced to death by an Iranian court and was executed on 12 December 2020. Ruhollah Zam was born into a clerical family in Tehran in 1978. His father, Mohammad-Al…
Known for
3.5The story of life of an Iranian army leader who has faults in his life and now in purgatory wants to retaliate for his faults.
Democracy in Daylight
2009
8.6In 2019, the multi-awarded filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani (My Stolen Revolution, Prostitution Behind the Veil) filmed the Iranian journalist based in France Roholla Zam, who exposed the Iranian regime money laundering. Months later, Rohollah was lured by moles to Iraq and kidnapped to Iran. After 14 months in prison, he was executed.
Son of the Mullah
2023