The Iranian judiciary announces the execution of the British-Iranian citizen, Ali Reza Akbari

ARK News… Reports say that the execution of the British-Iranian citizen, Ali Reza Akbari, took place several days ago.

The Iranian judiciary, on Saturday, announced the execution of the British-Iranian citizen, Ali Reza Akbari, while the Associated Press said that reports indicate that Akbari's execution took place several days ago.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his deep dismay at Tehran's execution of British-Iranian Ali Akbari, and considered his execution in Iran "a cruel and terrorist act of a barbaric regime."

The British government summoned the Iranian charge d’Affairs over Akbari's execution.

In turn, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly stressed that the execution of Ali Reza Akbari in Iran deserves condemnation in all respects.

The United States joined the United Kingdom in calling on Iran not to carry out the expected death sentence against an Iranian-British citizen on charges of espionage.

The "Mizan Online" website affiliated with the Iranian judiciary announced, on Wednesday, that Ali Reza Akbari had been sentenced to "death on charges of corruption on earth, for harming the country's internal and external security by transmitting intelligence information" to the United Kingdom.

Political motives
"The charges against Akbari and his death sentence are politically motivated, and his execution will be unacceptable," said US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel, pointing to "the possibility that his execution will be imminent."

During a press conference, he called for his "immediate release" and denounced reports "that Akbari was drugged and tortured while in detention, interrogated for thousands of hours and forced to confess."

On Thursday, the official IRNA news agency confirmed that Alireza Akbari (61 years old) held high positions in the Iranian security and defense apparatus.

The British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has condemned the ruling and called on Tehran not to execute the British-Iranian citizen, and considered that the ruling "has political motives."

Britain warns
On Friday, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that Iran should not carry out its threat to execute the British-Iranian citizen, Ali Akbari Reza. "The Iranian regime should have no doubts. We are following Alireza Akbari's case very closely," Cleverly said on Twitter.

On Wednesday, Cleverly called for the immediate release of Ali Reza Akbari, who was sentenced to death by the Iranian regime on charges of spying for Britain.

The official Islamic Republic News Agency published a video clip yesterday, Thursday, which it said showed that the British-Iranian citizen, Ali Reza Akbari, played a role in the assassination of the country's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in 2020.

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