Tehran (CNN) Iranian ​dissident and journalist Rouhollah Zam has been sentenced to death, months after he was apprehended by Iranian forces in mysterious circumstances. Zam was found guilty of "corruption on earth," a judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili told reporters Tuesday. Zam, who had been living in France, was arrested last year. Zam left France on October 11, according to the French foreign ministry . Three days later, Iran's ​Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a statement saying it had arrested Zam following an operation to "deceive foreign intelligence services" and "direct" Zam into Iran, state media reported.

Source: CNN July 01, 2020 20:13 UTC