{"id":119617,"date":"2024-10-29T08:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T01:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119617"},"modified":"2024-10-29T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T01:20:47","slug":"iran-executes-german-iranian-dissident-after-years-in-captivity-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119617","title":{"rendered":"Iran executes German-Iranian dissident after years in captivity | Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a> has executed a 69-year-old German-Iranian political scientist after years in captivity, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Berlin warned of \u201cserious consequences\u201d for Iran\u2019s \u201cinhumane regime\u201d after Jamshid Sharmahd was put to death on Monday, while a Norway-based human rights group labelled the execution the \u201cextrajudicial killing of a hostage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sharmahd, a German citizen of Iranian descent and a US resident, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jul\/26\/german-iranian-man-facing-death-sentence-on-terror-charges-mounts-final-defence\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">seized by Iranian authorities in 2020 while travelling through the United Arab Emirates<\/a>, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Iran, which does not recognise dual citizenship, announced his arrest after a \u201ccomplex operation\u201d, without specifying how, where or when he was seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sharmahd was sentenced to death in February 2023 for the capital offence of \u201ccorruption on Earth\u201d, a sentence later confirmed by Iran\u2019s supreme court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Iranian judiciary\u2019s Mizan website said on Monday that \u201cthe death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd \u2026 was carried out this morning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He had been convicted of playing a role in a 2008 mosque bombing in the southern city of Shiraz, in which 14 people were killed and 300 wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">His family have long maintained that Sharmahd was innocent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sharmahd was also accused of leading the Tondar group, which aims to topple the Islamic Republic, and is classified as a terror organisation by Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Germany\u2019s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said the killing \u201cshows once again what kind of inhumane regime rules in Tehran: a regime that uses death against its youth, its own population and foreign nationals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">She added that Berlin had repeatedly made clear \u201cthat the execution of a German national would have serious consequences\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis underlines the fact that no one is safe under the new government either,\u201d she said in reference to the administration of president Masoud Pezeshkian, who was inaugurated in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Baerbock expressed her \u201cheartfelt sympathy\u201d for Sharmahd\u2019s family, \u201cwith whom we have always been in close contact\u201d, and said the German embassy in Tehran had worked \u201ctirelessly\u201d on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">However, Mariam Claren \u2013 the daughter of another German-Iranian detained by Tehran \u2013 charged on X that \u201cthis state murder could have been prevented if the German government had really wanted to\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The director of Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, called the execution \u201ca case of extrajudicial killing of a hostage aimed at covering up the recent failures of the hostage-takers of the Islamic Republic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cJamshid Sharmahd was kidnapped in the United Arab Emirates and unlawfully transferred to Iran, where he was sentenced to death without a fair trial,\u201d said Amiry-Moghaddam, whose group closely tracks executions in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights said: \u201cThe unlawful abduction of Sharmahd, his subsequent torture in custody, the unfair show trial and today\u2019s execution are exemplary of the countless crimes of the Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Sharmahd grew up in an Iranian-German family and moved to California in 2003, where he was accused of making statements hostile to both Iran and Islam on television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Mizan said Sharmahd was \u201ca criminal terrorist\u201d who \u201cwas hosted by the United States as well as European countries and was operating under the complex protection of their intelligence services\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Iran carries out the second highest number of executions worldwide per year after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At least 627 people have been executed this year alone by Iran, according to IHR. Rights groups accuse the authorities of using capital punishment as a tool to instil fear throughout society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Several other Europeans are still being held in Iran, including at least three French citizens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">European parliament member Hannah Neumann, who chairs the assembly\u2019s Iran delegation, called for a total change in the EU\u2019s policy towards Tehran, the Bild daily reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThere were some voices who wanted to wait and see how the regime would develop after Pezeshkian\u2019s election,\u201d Neumann said. \u201cThis terrible execution shows us clearly how we should judge this new government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/28\/iran-executes-german-iranian-dissident-jamshid-sharmahd\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has executed a 69-year-old German-Iranian political scientist after years in captivity, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond. 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