Iran executes German-Iranian dissident

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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 nan US-based pro-monarchist group Kingdom Assembly of Iran.

He had denied nan charges, pinch his family maintaining he was only a spokesperson for nan group, besides known arsenic Tondar (Persian for Thunder).

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

Amnesty International has claimed he was forced to confess and that he had told his family he had been tortured successful detention.

According to nan quality authorities group, Sharmahd had created a website to people statements from nan KAI, a little-known US-based group that seeks to reconstruct nan monarchy overthrown successful nan 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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

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

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

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