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Chaab was convicted of "corruption connected earth" - a superior offence
Iran has executed a Swedish-Iranian antheral accused of being down a deadly 2018 onslaught connected a subject parade.
Habib Chaab was a laminitis of a separatist radical calling for independency for taste Arabs successful Iran's south-western Khuzestan province.
He had been surviving successful exile successful Sweden for a decennary erstwhile helium was abducted by Iranian agents successful Turkey successful 2020.
Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said his authorities had urged Iran not to execute Chaab.
"The decease punishment is an inhuman and irreversible punishment and Sweden, unneurotic with the remainder of the EU, condemns its exertion nether each circumstances," helium said.
Iran's judiciary accused Chaab of starring Harakat al-Nidal, oregon the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, which Iran says is simply a violent radical down attacks successful the south-west of the country.
The oil-rich state has a ample Arab number which has agelong complained of marginalisation and discrimination, which Tehran denies.
The 2018 onslaught connected a military parade successful the metropolis of Ahvaz saw gunmen unfastened occurrence astatine Revolutionary Guard troops, sidesplitting 25 radical including soldiers and civilians watching the parade.
Chaab was reportedly lured to Istanbul to conscionable a pistillate earlier being kidnapped and smuggled into Iran successful an cognition said to person been orchestrated by a notorious Turkey-based Iranian transgression boss.
Iranian officials person not provided details of however Chaab was arrested. Once wrong Iran, authorities TV showed him appearing to admit engagement successful the 2018 attack. He was convicted of being "corrupt connected earth", a superior offence.
Prosecutors said Chaab had been progressive successful attacks since 2005 "under the extortion of 2 spy services, including the Mossad and Sapo", which are Israel and Sweden's spy agencies.
They alleged that different leaders of the radical were based successful Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and the radical received fiscal and logistical enactment from Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this twelvemonth determination rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to reconstruct diplomatic relations, 7 years aft severing them successful a bitter row.
Iran has arrested dozens of Iranians with dual nationality oregon overseas imperishable residency successful caller years, mostly connected spying and nationalist information charges.
Its judiciary says 2 different dual-nationals person been sentenced to decease oregon executed connected information chares truthful acold this year.
In January Iran executed British-Iranian antheral Alireza Akbari, 61, aft helium was convicted of spying for the UK, which helium denied.
In an audio connection to BBC Persian helium said helium had been tortured and forced to confess connected camera to crimes helium did not commit.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his execution was a "callous and cowardly act, carried retired by a barbaric regime".
In April Iran's Supreme Court upheld the decease condemnation for German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, for alleged engagement successful a deadly mosque bombing successful 2008, which helium denies.
Rights radical Amnesty International said his proceedings had been "grossly unfair" and helium had been tortured.
The state executes much radical each twelvemonth than immoderate different state but China, according to rights groups.
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