Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national was executed on charges of spying for Britain. Britain, which had declared the case against Alireza Akbari, 61, as politically motivated and called for his release, condemned the execution. 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". READ | Iran issues another death sentence over Mahsa Amini protestsIran's state media often airs purported confessions by suspects in politically charged cases. An Iranian state TV report broadcast on Saturday said the intelligence ministry had him under surveillance and arrested him in 1998.

Source: News 24 January 14, 2023 18:25 UTC