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Alireza Akbari, a twin British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan reported on Saturday.
He was hanged for crimes together with “corruption on earth,” in keeping with tweets from Mizan, which didn’t specify when the execution occurred.
Two tweets by the outlet Saturday accused Akbari of “in depth cooperation with British intelligence officers” for which he obtained “enormous sums of cash.”
Akbari’s dying sentence was introduced simply days in the past, on January 11, after he was convicted of spying for the UK. Akbari had denied the costs.
In keeping with allegations printed in Mizan on Wednesday, Akbari had been arrested “a while in the past” for “spying in opposition to this nation.”
“On this foundation and after submitting an indictment in opposition to the accused, the file was referred to court docket and hearings have been held within the presence of the accused’s lawyer and primarily based on the legitimate paperwork on this individual’s file, he was sentenced to dying for spying for the UK,” Mizan stated.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced the transfer.
“I’m appalled by the execution of British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari in Iran,” Sunak wrote on Twitter.
“This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their very own folks. My ideas are with Alireza’s family and friends.”
Echoing Sunak’s statements, the British Overseas Secretary James Cleverley referred to as the execution a “barbaric act” that “deserves condemnation within the strongest doable phrases.”
“This won’t stand unchallenged. My ideas are with Alireza Akbari’s household,” he wrote on Twitter.
Cleverley stated his workplace would summon the Iranian Cost d’Affaires over the execution.
“This won’t stand unchallenged and we might be summoning the Iranian Cost d’Affaires to clarify our disgust at Iran’s actions. Our ideas are with Mr. Akbari’s household,” Cleverley stated in a press release.
“The execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari is a barbaric act that deserves condemnation within the strongest doable phrases. Via this politically motivated act, the Iranian regime has as soon as once more proven its callous disregard for human life.”
The UK authorities had urged Iran to not execute Akbari. The Overseas Workplace stated it could proceed to assist his household.
Akbari beforehand served as Iran’s deputy protection minister and was the pinnacle of the Strategic Analysis Institute, in addition to a member of the army group that applied the United Nations decision that ended the Iran-Iraq conflict, in keeping with Iranian pro-reform outlet Shargh Day by day.
The BBC reported Akbari was arrested in 2019 and that he served below Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist who was in workplace from 1997 to 2005.