Report: Britain revises support for Iran nuclear deal after Akbari's execution

ARK News… The United Kingdom is reconsidering its support for the Iran nuclear deal in 2015, after the execution of a British-Iranian citizen, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

The website Mizan reported that Iran executed the prominent former British-Iranian politician, Ali Reza Akbari, on espionage charges on Saturday. Britain condemned the incident and considered it a barbaric act.

The newspaper quoted high-level government officials, whose identities were not specified, as saying that conditions have changed since the start of the negotiation process to revive the agreement, and Britain is reviewing its options regarding participation, according to Bloomberg News, on Sunday.

Talks to revive the agreement have stalled since August last year; Relations between Iran and Western stakeholders — including the United States and the European Union — have been increasingly strained, due to the country's bloody crackdown on protesters, and Iran's sale of military drones to Russia.

Reviving the deal, which curbs Iran's nuclear program, could pave the way for the United States to lift sanctions and allow Iran's energy exports to return to global markets.

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