Iran reportedly executes California man amid ongoing execution spree: 'Murdered by the regime'

The Islamic Republic of Iran connected Monday reportedly executed nan journalist Jamshid Sharmahd, who was a resident of California and a crisp professional of nan authorities successful Tehran, according to The Associated Press.

The Iranian regime’s judiciary Mizan website announced that nan 69-year-old Sharmahd was killed connected Monday morning.

Sharmahd’s daughter, Gazelle, who lives successful California, antecedently told Fox News Digital nan Iranian authorities is "scapegoating an guiltless man" complete bombing allegations, and said of his affinity for nan United States.

She told Fox News Digital successful August, 2023, "My dada chose nan United States arsenic his home, worked hard, followed each nan rules, belongs to a family of 4 generations astir him of U.S. citizenship, lived present for 20 years arsenic a tax-paying, law-abiding resident and would already person his citizenship if it wasn’t for nan terrorists and qualifies arsenic a U.S. nationalist nether nan Levinson law."

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Iran reportedly executed California resident journalist Jamshid Sharmahd, a crisp professional of nan authorities successful Tehran. (Gazelle Sharmahd)

The Levinson Act defines a "United States national" arsenic a "lawful imperishable resident pinch important ties to nan United States." According to nan State Department, nan definition applies to non-U.S. citizens. 

The enactment was named aft Robert Levinson, a retired FBI supplier and backstage interrogator who vanished from an Iranian land successful 2007. Levinson was held hostage and was declared dormant successful 2020 erstwhile he was said to person died successful Iranian custody. His family blamed nan Iranian authorities for his seizure and imprisonment.

Fox News Digital reported that nan Biden management faced aggravated disapproval for reportedly abandoning Sharmahd and punting his lawsuit complete to Germany. Sharmahd is simply a German citizen. According to critics of Germany's Iran policy, nan German Green statement overseas curate Annalena Baerbock grounded to usage her country’s economical and governmental leverage to unafraid Sharmahd’s release.

Fox News Digital sent property queries to nan German overseas ministry.

Sharmahd survived an assassination effort successful California successful which an Iranian supplier was convicted of nan planned murder. He was past kidnapped by nan Iranian authorities successful Dubai successful 2020 arsenic portion of a business trip.

The Iranian regime-controlled website Mizan claimed, without evidence, that Sharmahd committed "multiple violent acts astatine nan guidance of his masters in nan intelligence services of U.S. and Israel."

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successful divided pinch anti-execution protest. (Getty Images)

Lawdan Bazargan, an Iranian-American human authorities activistic and master connected nan clerical regime, told Fox News Digital, "In 1988, aft nan Islamic Republic of Iran was forced to judge a cease-fire pinch Iraq, it exacted sadistic revenge by executing complete 5,000 governmental prisoners, including my brother, Bijan, who had already served years down bars. The world stood by successful silence, failing to clasp nan authorities accountable. Jamshid Sharmahd’s execution is now different diversion, covering nan regime’s failures against Israel and nan losses suffered by Hezbollah and Hamas."

She added, "If nan world remains silent again, much guiltless Iranian prisoners will beryllium killed. The world organization must merge against this violent authorities – Germany and different European nations should expel Iranian diplomats, adjacent nan Islamic Republic of Iran's embassies that enactment arsenic panic safe houses, and state nan IRGC a violent organization. The U.S. must besides usage each instrumentality astatine its disposal to unit Iran into halting these executions."

Amnesty International noted that Sharmahd "was convicted of nan complaint of ‘corruption connected earth’ which is not intelligibly defined successful law, and arsenic specified contravenes nan rule of legality" and termed his proceedings "grossly unfair."

Jamshid Sharmahd attends his proceedings astatine nan Revolutionary Court, successful Tehran, Iran, Feb. 6, 2022. (Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency via AP)

The British quality authorities group added, "Since July 2020, nan Iranian authorities person been subjecting him to enforced disappearance, torture and different ill-treatment, including done prolonged solitary confinement and denial of capable wellness care."

Tehran’s opaque justness strategy claims Sharmahd played a domiciled successful a 2008 violent attack at a mosque successful Shiraz, Iran, that near 14 dormant and much than 200 injured.  

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However, nan regime-controlled media outlet Fars News quoted nan Iranian National Security Council in 2008 arsenic saying, "The detonation of a explosive aliases immoderate detonation carried retired by guidance elements, beryllium they soul aliases foreign, is ruled out. The blast was caused by immoderate munitions utilized successful an accumulation for nan [Iran-Iraq War] martyrs successful nan mosque." 

Jason Poblete, nan lawyer for Jamshid Sharmahd, wrote connected X, "We are receiving reports that nan Islamic Republic of Iran has carried retired nan decease condemnation against U.S. Legal Permanent Resident and Californian Jamshid Sharmahd." He added that nan family requests privateness until nan facts are confirmed.

Iranian journalist and quality authorities activistic Vahid Beheshti blasted nan Iranian authorities connected X, stating successful portion that Jamshid Sharmahd "was murdered coming by nan authorities of nan Islamic Republic."

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan U.S. State Department for a comment.