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Zam’s friends remain perplexed as to how a man described as passionate about his job and devoted to his daughter chose to take the risky trip to Iraq, a country with a strong Iranian presence, and want answers from France on what happened.

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Sepideh Pooraghaiee, an Iranian journalist living in exile in France phone number library and friend of Zam, told AFP that “a lot of things are not clear. We do not know anything.

“We demand justice for a journalist who was murdered and are working to keep his memory intact. “

In this December 2017 file photo, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University as Iranian riot police prevent them from joining other protesters in Tehran, Iran. (AP photo, file)

The association of friends and activists United For Zam created to keep his memory alive said the French government “needed to clear up any ambiguity” about how Zam was kidnapped in Iraq.


Echoing activists’ frustration that human rights are not part of talks over Iran nuclear crisis, they called on France “to condition negotiations with the Islamic Republic on an end to the killings and brutal repression political dissidents ”.