{"id":184075,"date":"2023-01-12T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184075"},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:22:29","slug":"dual-british-iranian-citizen-sentenced-to-death-for-spying-for-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/dual-british-iranian-citizen-sentenced-to-death-for-spying-for-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184076\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-696x392.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/skynews-alireza-akbari-iran_6020858-747x420.jpeg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Supreme Court sentenced an Iranian-British citizen to death on charges of spying for the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Alireza Akbari was given the death penalty for \u201ccorruption on Earth and for harming the country\u2019s internal and external security by passing on intelligence\u201d, Iran\u2019s judicial news agency Mizan Online reported on Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe former defence ministry official was described by Iran\u2019s intelligence ministry as \u201cone of the most important infiltrators of the country\u2019s sensitive and strategic centres\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a statement from the intelligence ministry, Mizan said Akbari became a \u201ckey spy\u201d for the United Kingdom\u2019s \u201cSecret Intelligence Service\u201d \u2013 MI6 \u2013 because of \u201cthe importance of his position\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On February 2, 2019, the official government newspaper Iran published an interview with Akbari, whom it identified as a \u201cformer deputy defence minister in the reformist government\u201d of Mohammad Khatami, who served as Iranian president from 1997 to 2005.<br \/>\n\u2018Barbaric regime\u2019<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s foreign minister, James Cleverly, called the planned execution \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d and demanded Akbari\u2019s immediate release.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a politically motivated act by a barbaric regime that has total disregard for human life,\u201d Cleverly wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Supreme Court sentenced an Iranian-British citizen to death on charges of spying for the United Kingdom. Alireza Akbari was given the death penalty for \u201ccorruption on Earth and for harming the country\u2019s internal and external security by passing on intelligence\u201d, Iran\u2019s judicial news agency Mizan Online reported on Wednesday. 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