Alireza Akbari was arrested in 2019 and accused of spying for Britain by the Iranian government.
The foreign secretary has condemned the planned execution of a British-Iranian dual national by Iran, calling it"a politically motivated act by a barbaric regime".
James Cleverly has appealed for the release of Alireza Akbari, a former senior defence official in Iran accused of working for British intelligence. The Iranian judiciary claimed Mr Akbari, who was deputy defence minister under former president Mohammad Khatami until 2001, was a"key spy" for the British government, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
It said Iranian intelligence unmasked the alleged spy by feeding him false information and described him as"one of the most important infiltrators of the country's sensitive and strategic centres". Mr Cleverly tweeted:"Iran must halt the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari and immediately release him.Twitter
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