Alireza Akbari: Iran executes British-Iranian dual national, state media says

British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed, Iranian state media says.

Mr Akbari's family had been asked to go to his prison for a "final visit" on Wednesday and his wife said he had been moved to solitary confinement.

The ex-deputy Iranian defence minister was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the UK, which he denied.

The UK had urged Iran to halt the execution and immediately release him.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had described the death sentence as a "politically motivated act by a barbaric regime that has total disregard for human life".

The Iranian judiciary's official news outlet Mizan reported that Alireza Akbari had been hanged, without specifying the date when the execution took place. read more