Ruhollah Zam

Ruhollah Zam
Native name روح‌الله زم
Born September 1973 (age 45)
Tehran, Iran
Residence Paris, France
Occupation Journalist
Film director
Years active 2005–present

Ruhollah Zam (روح‌الله زم in Persian, born September 1973) is an Iranian journalist and the son of a conservative[1] cleric Mohammad Ali Zam and a prominent Iranian journalist who played a high-profile role in the Iranian protests of December 2017.[2][3][4] He is the editor in chief of Amad News, a prominent Iranian opposition news website and Telegram channel.[5] As of October 2018, his channel "Sedaie Mardom" had 1.8 million followers.[6]

Career

Coverage of Iranian Corruption

In 2016 Zam's channel AmadNews published a story claiming that £50 million was transferred to Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani's bank accounts every year.[7]

Khaybar Center Leaks

In January 2017 Zam claimed that Mohammad Hussein Tajik had been his source on the secret workings of the Khaybar center, an Iranian cyber unit that he said had carried out attacks against targets in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.[8]

2017–18 Iranian Protests

Zam used his channels on the Telegram app to plan protests as well as to share videos of the protests.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ensafnews.com/53218/پاسخ-روح-الله-زم-به-پدرش/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "روح الله زم در نامه ای به خامنه ای از نقش وزیر اطلاعات در بازجویی زندانیان پرده برداشت". www.peykeiran.com. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Protests in Iran fanned by exiled journalist, messaging app". AP News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  4. ↑ "روح الله زم : آمدنیوز را من تاسیس کردم". basijnews.ir. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  5. ↑ https://amadnews.org/tag/روح-الله-زم/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Najibullah, Farangis (January 5, 2018). "Controversial Exile Using Social Media To Try To Bring Down Iranian Government". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Dehghan, Saeed (28 November 2018). "Iranian judicial authorities attempt arrest of MP". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ Hamid, Saleh (January 15, 2017). "Secret details emerge on Iran's Cyber Army". Al-Arabiya. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Revealed: The exiled Iranian journalist who used anonymous messaging app Telegram to stir up protests before it was shut down by the regime". Daily Mail. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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