washington says it s horrified by the execution, whilst the british prime minister, rishi sunak, said the hanging of alireza akbari was callous and cowardly and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran s prosecutor general, accusing him of being at the heart of iran s use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning, despite repeated last minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was appalled by a callous act carried out by a barbaric regime. and we have made it absolutely clear that the actions of the iranian regime has taken are com
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performance today, we haven t been able to bring something out of the game which has been quite irregular. west everton next weekend. celtic are into the scottish league cup final, the holders beating kilmarnock 2 0 at hampden. daizen maeda scored celtic s opener, albeit with some help of a poor clearance by kyle lafferty. kilmarnock did have chances to level it but celtic also had two goals disallowed, before sealing their place in the final with a goal in stoppage time from giorgos giakomakis. rangers and aberdeen play in the other semifinal today. england captain 0wen farrell has been cleared to play in their six nations opener against scotland after he completes his ban for a dangerous tackle. against bristol bears on 28 january. the rfu said he will be available for saracens game