The government of Iran executed a former deputy defense minister after being charged as a spy for the UK. It was about Alireza Akbari, a man with dual citizenship who was convicted of “corruption of the land” and acting against national security for functioning as a British spy.
According to the Government of the Asian nation, Akbari had started working for MI6 in 2004, where he leaked information from various people in the upper echelons of the army to the British Government for 5 years, until the European country recommended that he leave. Iran in 2009. He eventually returned home for a visit that was approved by the state in 2019, but was detained by security forces for more than three years until he was found guilty.
According to Iranthe man had had intelligence meetings in various countries such as Austria and the United Arab Emirates and it was for that reason that the British Government offered him a citizenship. Among the accusations made against him are forming false companies to ruin the counterintelligence efforts of the local intelligence service and receiving training from MI-6.
Although the Government from the middle eastern country claims that he had confessed to all the crimes of which he was accused, Akbari’s family indicated that it was after 3,000 hours of interrogation that several laws were broken, in addition to being forcibly removed.
The response of the international community
After the event, European countries were quick to make themselves heard. Perhaps the most involved was the United Kingdom, whose prime minister claimed that it was a “cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for human rights”. Because of these statements, the Iranian government demanded the presence of the British ambassador in Tehran.
For her part, the Minister of External Relations of France, Catherine Colonna, called the diplomatic leader of the Asian nation in the European country to demand explanations, in addition to harshly criticizing the treatment they have against the citizens of other countries.