A news service linked to the Iranian judiciary said the dual British-Iranian national had been hanged, without providing details on when the execution took place.
Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen who previously served as a senior defense official in Tehran, has been executed, Iranian state media said early Saturday.he had been hanged without providing details on when the execution took place. It previously said that Akbari had been sentenced to death for carrying out espionage activities on behalf of MI6, the British foreign intelligence service.
in relation to the protests. It has made the unsupported claim that Western powers and Israel were behind the demonstrations. The British government did not immediately return a request for comment. U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly earlier this week. The Foreign Office in London said it had lobbied Tehran for Akbari’s release, but was not granted consular access. Iran does not recognize dual citizenship.
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