Iran executes British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari on spy charges
The United States had also joined calls for Iran not to execute Mr Akbari. US diplomat Vedant Patel said "his execution would be unconscionable" and condemned the charges against him as "politically motivated".
Once there, he adds, he was accused of obtaining top secret intelligence from the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, "in exchange for a bottle of perfume and a shirt". "By using physiological and psychological methods, they broke my will, drove me to madness and forced me to do whatever they wanted," he said. "By the force of gun and death threats they made me confess to false and corrupt claims."Hours after the audio message was broadcast, the Mizan news agency confirmed for the first time that Mr Akbari had been found guilty of espionage, and that the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal.
Iran has arrested dozens of Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency in recent years, mostly on spying and national security charges.
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