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Why Iran’s execution of Ruhollah Zam should be seen as a warning in the West The journalist’s death is part of a wider escalation in the Iranian regime’s disregard for international law. ALI SHIRBAND/MIZAN NEWS/AFP via Getty Images
On 8 December 2020, the Supreme Court of Iran upheld a guilty verdict against Ruhollah Zam, sentencing him to death. On 12 December 2020 an execution took place in Iran that was like no other, even for a country that has the second highest known number of state-sponsored executions in the world. Everything about it – who the victim was and how and why he was apprehended, tried and hanged – holds critical insights for foreign policymakers in the US, as well as the European nations who wish to resume relations with the governing Islamic Republic of Iran.