Britain, which had declared the case in opposition to Alireza Akbari, 61, as politically motivated and known as for his launch, condemned the execution.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak known as it “a callous and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their very own folks”.
The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan information company reported the execution early on Saturday, with out saying when it had taken place. Late on Friday, British Overseas Secretary James Cleverly had stated Iran should not observe by with the sentence – a name echoed by Washington.
The execution seems to be set to pile extra strain on Iran’s lengthy strained ties with the West which have deteriorated additional since talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal hit impasse and as Tehran unleashed a lethal crackdown on protesters final yr.
In an audio recording purportedly from Akbari and broadcast by BBC Persian on Wednesday, he stated he had confessed to crimes he had not dedicated after intensive torture.
“Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to loss of life on costs of corruption on earth and intensive motion in opposition to the nation’s inside and exterior safety by espionage for the British authorities’s intelligence service … was executed,” Mizan stated.The Mizan report accused Akbari, arrested in 2019, of receiving funds of 1,805,000 euros, 265,000 kilos, and $50,000 for spying.
Sunak stated on Twitter he was “appalled by the execution”. Cleverly stated in a press release it will “not stand unchallenged”. “We will probably be summoning the Iranian Cost d’Affaires to clarify our disgust at Iran’s actions.”
British statements on the case haven’t addressed the Iranian cost that Akbari – who was arrested in 2019 – spied for Britain.
Iranian state media broadcast a video on Thursday that they stated confirmed that Akbari performed a job within the 2020 assassination of Iran’s prime nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, killed in a 2020 assault exterior Tehran which authorities blamed on the time on Israel.
