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Le Monde
Le Monde
28 Oct 2024


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Iranian authorities on Monday executed German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, who had been detained since 2020, the judiciary's Mizan website said.

"After going through the judicial process and the final approval of the court decision by the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd (...) was carried out this morning," the website said, following Sharmahd's conviction for "corruption on earth."

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Sharmahd, a German citizen of Iranian descent in his late 60s, was seized by Iranian authorities in August 2020 while travelling through the United Arab Emirates, according to his family. Iran, which does not recognise dual citizenship, announced his arrest after a "complex operation," without specifying how, where or when he was seized.

Sharmahd was sentenced to death in February 2023 for the capital offence of "corruption on earth," a sentence later confirmed by the Supreme Court in the Islamic republic. He had been convicted of playing a role in a 2008 mosque bombing in the southern city of Shiraz, in which 14 people were killed and 300 wounded.

Sharmahd was also accused of leading the Tondar group, that reportedly aims to topple Iran's government, which calls it a "terrorist" organisation.

Mizan said Sharmahd was "a criminal terrorist" who "was hosted by American and European countries and was operating under the complex protection of their intelligence services."

Le Monde with AFP