Iran Summons Envoys Over Denunciation of Execution
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors of Germany and France after they denounced the Islamic Republic’s execution of a dissident journalist, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported on Sunday.
Ruhollah Zam, who ran a Telegram channel that campaigned against Iran’s leadership from his base in southern France, was hanged on Saturday morning after he was accused of inciting widespread unrest in late 2017 and convicted of “corruption on earth,” a capital offense in Iran.