Britain condemned, on Saturday, Iran’s execution of a former official in the Iranian Ministry of Defense Alireza Akbari The British-Iranian, accused of spying for British intelligence, stressing that he “will not go unanswered,” while Amnesty International said that Akbari’s execution in Iran is a heinous attack on the right to life, while the French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian Chargé d’Affairs to protest against the execution, warning him against Repeated violations of human rights.
The US ambassador in London said today, Saturday, that the United States condemns the execution of the British-Iranian citizen Akbari, describing his execution as “horrific”, quoting Archyde.com.
“The execution of British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari in Iran is appalling and disgusting,” Ambassador Jane Hartley wrote on Twitter. “The United States joins the United Kingdom in condemning this barbaric act. My heart goes out to Alireza’s family.”
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, “This barbaric act deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. It will not go unanswered.”
For his part, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described Akbari’s execution as “horrific,” considering it “a cruel and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime that does not respect the human rights of its people.”
In turn, Amnesty International condemned, Saturday, on Twitter, Iran’s “heinous attack” on the “right to life” after Tehran carried out Akbari’s death sentence.
“The execution by the Iranian authorities this morning (Saturday) of the Iranian-British citizen Alireza Akbari is further evidence of their heinous attack on the right to life,” Amnesty said, calling on the British government to “fully investigate” allegations of apparent torture.
France condemned “with the greatest firmness” the execution of Akbari, accused of spying in Iran, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry published on Saturday.
“The chargé d’affaires of the Iranian embassy in Paris was summoned again this morning to express our condemnation,” and warned him that “Iran’s repeated violations of international law cannot go unanswered, especially when it comes to the treatment of foreign nationals arbitrarily detained by this country.” .
On Saturday, the Iranian judiciary carried out the death sentence against Ali Reza Akbari, three days after it was revealed that he had been convicted of espionage for the United Kingdom, of which he holds citizenship.
Alireza Akbari
The next day, Iranian official media published details about Akbari, noting that he had previously held assignments in the Ministry of Defense and the Supreme National Security Council.
According to the “Mizan” agency affiliated with the judiciary, the death sentence against Akbari was carried out by hanging after he was convicted of “corruption on earth and harming the country’s internal and external security by transmitting intelligence information.”
Alireza Akbari is a dual British-Iranian citizen and a former senior employee of the Iranian Ministry of Defence. He was an advisor or assistant to Ali Shamkhani, Minister of Defense in two terms of Mohammad Khatami’s government (1997-2005) and during the years 2005 to 2007, when Ali Larijani led the nuclear negotiations. He cooperated With him is the team headed by Jawad and Eid.
After leaving Iran and traveling to Austria, Spain, and eventually to Britain, he started his economic activity there, lived more than a decade in Britain, and obtained dual citizenship.
He was arrested in 2019 on charges of spying on important information. He was tried before Judge Salawati in Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court, and was sentenced to death. After rejecting the verdict, he appealed the verdict, and the case was reconsidered in the Supreme Court, which upheld the original verdict and the death sentence against Ali Reza Akbari.