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Iran Hangs Alireza Akbari, Dual U.K. Citizen Accused of Spying

U.K. condemns execution of former Iranian Defense Ministry official as ‘barbaric’
Alireza Akbari is the first known dual European citizen to be executed by Tehran in decades. PHOTO: DAVOUD HOSSEINI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alireza Akbari is the first known dual European citizen to be executed by Tehran in decades. PHOTO: DAVOUD HOSSEINI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iran said Saturday it had executed a former high-ranking defense official and dual British citizen on charges of espionage, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with the West as the government is wrestling with nationwide protests.

Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defense minister, was convicted of passing classified national-security information to the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, in return for more than $2 million in foreign currencies, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, Mizan, said.

Mr. Akbari had been hanged, according to Mizan, which didn’t specify when the execution had taken place and didn’t provide more details.

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