Supreme Court upholds death sentence for anti-Iran website admin
Iran’s Supreme Court upholds a death sentence issued by the country’s Islamic Revolution Courthouse against Rouhollah Zam, administrator of a notorious counterrevolutionary website.
The Judiciary’s Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili announced the information at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Court addressed the case more than a month ago, upholding the sentence that had been issued by the Islamic Revolution Courthouse [against Zam],” he said.
Zam was handed down the sentence back in June after being convicted of corruption on earth, among other crimes.
His website, Amad News, was notorious for disseminating incriminating content against Iran’s Islamic establishment and insulting the sanctities of Iranian Muslims.
He had been arrested in October 2019 by the Intelligence Organization of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC).
‘Good’ clues about nuclear scientist’s assassination
Separately, the spokesman addressed ongoing efforts by the country’s various official sectors towards punishment of those behind the recent assassination of senior Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Fakhrizadeh, who used to head the Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, was targeted in a multi-pronged attack in Absard city of Tehran Province’s Damavand County in late November.
The Islamic Republic considers the Israeli regime to be the prime suspect behind the atrocity, given various indications on the ground and the regime’s dark history of assassinating six such scientists in the past.
Esmaeili said, “We hold good clues and information [concerning the case]” that will be publicized later considering the sensitivity of the case.
The matter is being pursued by Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and General Staff of Armed Forces, he said.
The Judiciary has also formed a special taskforce that is being participated by Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi, and is also following up the matter through domestic and international legal channels in order to bring the perpetrators to justice, Esmaili concluded.
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