Alireza Akbari’s sister and daughter went to cemetery to collect his remains but were told he had already been interred
The Tehran-based family of the executed British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari have been prevented from seeing his body or burying him in the grave in which he had asked to be laid to rest in Shiraz, his birthplace, family members have told the Guardian., charges he vehemently denied and for which there is no substantive evidence, save a confession extracted under torture.
Negotiations then began over the collection of the body, but the family were required to sign a statement that he would only be buried quietly in a specific marked grave in the Tehran cemetery. Any attempt to take the body to Shiraz would lead to it being seized and destroyed, the family were advised.
Through tears, the family member said: “They are just playing with us. It is cruel and heartless. They have tried to destroy his reputation by fabricating that he is a traitor, and now this.”
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