Iran has executed a British-Iranian national who once served as its deputy defence minister, its judiciary said on Saturday.
Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national was executed on charges of spying for Britain. UK PM Rishi Sunak has called the execution 'callous and cowardly'.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it"a callous and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people". In an audio recording purportedly from Akbari and broadcast by BBC Persian on Wednesday, he said he had confessed to crimes he had not committed after extensive torture.Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death on charges of corruption on earth and extensive action against the country's internal and external security through espionage for the British government's intelligence service... was executed.
British statements on the case have not addressed the Iranian charge that Akbari - who was arrested in 2019 - spied for Britain. Reuters could not establish the authenticity of the state media video and audio, or when or where they were recorded. In the audio recording broadcast by BBC Persian, Akbari said he had made false confessions as a result of torture.
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