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Arrested for supposedly not wearing her hijab properly. the authority is brutal response has led to several rounds of sanctions against iran from western countries. one european diplomat told me mr akbari was collateral damage from a regime that had lost its bearings, looking to distract attention from its internal problems. mrakbaris distract attention from its internal problems. mr akbaris nephew described it as a sign of desperation, linked to divisions within the regime. it desperation, link...

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Protect mode. adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing bacteria detergents leave behind. clean is good. sanitized is better. there was outrage and condemnation after iran executed a dual british/iranian citizen. akbari was hanged after iran convicted him of being a spy for britain. the british prime minister called the execution cowardly and callous. akbari was a former deputy defense minister in iran who moved to the uk more than a decade ago. theres growing backlash to t...

Was hanged for a, quote, corruption on earth, term used to describe a broad range of offenses. he had been accused of spying for the uk and once served as irans deputy defense minister and considered a pro reform figure. lets get more from nada bashir in london. what more can you tell us about this latest execution by iran? >> reporter: it had long been feared that this would be the fate despite the widespread international condemnation and outcries calling for his execution to be halted for his...

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Iran said on Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defence ministry, despite an international outcry over his de

Its executed a spy despite outrage over the death sentence and his denials. u.s. iranian british national, once around deputy defense minister, kitty logan has the latest. >> iranians confirmed the execution today, saturday. it sparked indignant response from the british government here. he was 61, once an iranian deputy defense minister, detained in 2019 and accused of spying for britain but he repeatedly denied the charges saying he was forced to confess after extensive torture. the execution ...

Has grown more brutal by the day. weve heard from amnesty international condemning this latest execution and describing the iranian regime as being on a killing spree. theyve called on the uk government to carry out a full investigation into those reports of torture faced by him while he was in detention. >> nada bashir in london, than so much. china says almost 60,000 people have died of covid since the country abandoned its strict zero-covid policy early last month. despite the restrictions,...

The us and the uk have condemned iran, after it executed a british—iranian citizen, accused of spying. washington says its "horrified" by the execution of alireza akbari, and the british prime minister, rishi sunak, described it as "callous and cowardly" and that "it would not go unpunished". the uk has imposed sanctions on irans prosecutor general — accusing him of being at the heart of irans use of the death penalty. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execu...

International community across the board. weve seen a wave of executions in iran, this being the latest, and we have heard that condemnation prior to the execution of course coming from the united states, calling for him to be released for his execution to be halted, but we learned that unfortunate news this morning that his execution had gone ahead as planned by iranian authorities. what was interesting to hear from the u.s. state department just yesterday ahead of an execution where federal de...