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A German-Iranian nationwide and longtime US resident has been executed in Iran after being convicted of terrorism offences, based on Iranian state media citing the nation’s judiciary-affiliated Mizan information company.
Jamshid Sharmahd, 69, was executed Monday morning for “planning and orchestrating a collection of terrorist acts,” state-run IRNA and Press TV reported. His execution sparked condemnation from the USA and Germany.
Sharmahd’s daughter Gazelle has repeatedly mentioned her father is harmless and that he confronted a sham trial resulting from his political activism and criticism of the Islamic Republic.
Sharmahd was arrested in 2020 by Iranian authorities who claimed he headed a gaggle accused of a lethal 2008 bombing within the metropolis of Shiraz, based on state-run information businesses ISNA and IRNA.
He was sentenced to demise in 2022 for “corruption on Earth”, sparking widespread condemnation from human rights teams and Western governments.
“He has been sentenced to demise after a authorized continuing that has been extensively criticized as a sham trial,” Vedant Patel, the US State Division’s principal deputy spokesperson mentioned in a briefing final fall. Amnesty Worldwide additionally described the trial as “grossly unfair.”
Following the information of his execution, German overseas minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned that Sharmahd’s “homicide” confirmed Tehran to be an “inhumane regime” that “makes use of demise as a weapon.”
Baerbock mentioned the execution would have “critical penalties.”
The USA’ Workplace of the Particular Envoy for Iran mentioned it was wanting into reviews of Sharmahd’s execution and mentioned his killing would “symbolize the most recent abhorrent act within the regime’s lengthy historical past of transnational repression and accelerating charge of executions.”
Sharmahd’s “kidnapping and rendition, in addition to sham trial and reviews of torture, had been reprehensible,” the envoy’s workplace added.
Abram Paley, the US Deputy Particular Envoy, final yr met with Sharmahd’s household to debate his imprisonment and demise sentence.
