A British-Iranian national who was accused of being a spy for the UK has been executed in Iran.
Alireza Akbari, Iran’s former deputy defence minister, was arrested in 2019 while travelling to the UK.The Iranian judiciary’s official news outlet Mizan reported on Saturday he had been hanged, without specifying the date when the execution took place.
He tweeted today: ‘Iran has executed a British national. This barbaric act deserves condemnation in the strongest possible terms. This will not stand unchallenged. My thoughts are with Alireza Akbari’s family.’ He said: ‘Labour condemns the atrocious, cowardly and authoritarian execution of Alireza Akbari by the Iranian regime in the strongest possible terms.‘The Iranian regime must be held accountable for its flagrant breaches of human rights and international law.Amnesty International said the execution of Alireza Akbari showed ‘how pitifully little respect’ Iran has for human life and called on the UK to investigate claims the prisoner was tortured before his death.
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