Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the United Kingdom, according to Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan.
Akbari previously served as Iran’s deputy defense minister and was the head of the Strategic Research Institute, as well as a member of the military organization that implemented the United Nations resolution that ended the Iran-Iraq war, according to Iranian pro-reform outlet Shargh Daily. According to the allegations in Mizan, Akbari “some time ago was arrested for spying against this country.
The outlet claims Iran’s intelligence ministry confirmed that Akbari was an undercover agent for the British secret intelligence service MI6, alleging that he collected “important national information and provided it in a fully aware and informed manner.” “This spy was in the process of obtaining a visa from the British Embassy by intelligence agents stationed there,” Mizan said. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called for the execution to be halted.
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