Iran on Tuesday said it has sentenced to death Ruhollah Zam , a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and had been implicated in anti -government protests .
“ The court has considered 13 counts of charges together as instances of ‘ corruption on earth ’ and therefore passed the death sentence , ” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said .
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the arrest of Zam in October last year , describing him as a “ counter -revolutionary” who was “ directed by France’ s intelligence service ” .
Corruption on earth is one of the most serious offences under Iranian law .
Zam was also sentenced to time served over other charges , Esmaili added , without elaborating .
The sentence could be appealed before the supreme court , he said , quoted by the judiciary ’ s official website.
Zam , who reportedly lived in Paris, ran a channel on the Telegram messaging application called Amadnews .
At the time , he was accused by authorities of playing an active role in anti -government protests sparked by economic hardships during the winter of 2017 - 18 .
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