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Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim
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Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid
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Iranian-British citizen sentenced to death for spying on Iran
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Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim
Iran has sentenced a former senior defence official to death after convicting him on charges of spying for Britain, state-linked media reported on Wednesday.
Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.Akbari was executed after being sentenced to death for "corruption on earth and harming the country's internal and external security b…
Ali Reza Akbar, who once worked for Iran's defense ministry, was executed despite international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid protests.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said late on Friday Iran must not follow through with the execution – a call echoed by the U.S. State Department.
By Sahar Akbarzai and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A dual British-Iranian citizen was hanged by Iran on charges of espionage and corruption, a state-affiliated media outlet reported Saturday, the latest in a string of executions carried out by a regime grappling with unprecedented protests across the co…
Iran executed Ali Reza Akbari, the country's former defense ministry official, by hanging after convicting him of being a spy for Britain's MI-6 intelligence agency without evidence.
By Sahar Akbarzai and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan reported on Saturday.
Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid nationwide…
Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence.
Iran said Saturday it executed British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari after he was sentenced to death for spying for the United Kingdom, drawing sharp condemnation from the British government.Akbari, 61, was hanged after being convicted of "corruption on earth and harming the country's interna…
Iran claims, without evidence, that Ali Reza Akbari spied for Britain’s MI6; in assumed coerced confession, Akbari says Britain asked him about nuke scientist said killed by Israel
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