Iran executes German-Iranian dissident

Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, pursuing his condemnation for "leading panic operations", authorities media is reporting.

Sharmahd was sentenced to decease past twelvemonth for "corruption connected Earth", having been accused of starring the US-based pro-monarchist radical Kingdom Assembly of Iran (KAI).

He had denied the charges, with his household maintaining helium was lone a spokesman.

Sharmahd, who lived successful the US, is believed to person been kidnapped by Iranian agents successful Dubai successful 2020 and past forcibly taken to Iran via Oman.

In August 2020, Iran's quality ministry announced his apprehension pursuing a "complex operation", without providing immoderate details.

Amnesty International has claimed Sharmahd was forced to confess and that helium had told his household helium had been tortured successful detention.

According to the quality rights group, Sharmahd had created a website to people statements from the KAI, including claims of explosions wrong Iran.

The little-known US-based group, besides known arsenic Tondar (Persian for Thunder), seeks to reconstruct the monarchy overthrown successful the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

However, Iranian authorities said helium was Tondar's person and had "planned 23 panic attacks", of which "five were successful", including the 2008 bombing of a mosque successful Shiraz successful that killed 14 people.

They published a video successful which helium appeared blindfolded and confessed to assorted crimes.

When Sharmahd was sentenced successful February past year, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned it arsenic "absolutely unacceptable".

Sharmahd's daughter, Gazelle, aboriginal called connected German prosecutors to analyse the Iranian judiciary's alleged mistreatment of her father.

"They're killing him softly successful solitary confinement successful this decease cell," she told the BBC successful July 2023, aft helium had been allowed to telephone his household for the archetypal clip successful 2 years.

But she added: "They privation a nationalist execution for my dad, to nonstop retired this connection of terror: that anybody who speaks retired against the regime, we tin bash this to you."

He was executed connected Sunday, aft support from the Supreme Court, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan website said connected Monday.