Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, judiciary's Mizan news agency reports, after sentencing him to death on charges of spying for Britain
The United States and Britain urged Tehran to stand down on"possibly imminent" plans to execute an Iranian-British dual national accused of spying.
Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, after sentencing him to death on charges of spying for Britain. Britain had described the death sentence as politically motivated and called for his immediate release.
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