Iran preparing to execute British citizen Alireza Akbari, family says
Mr Akbari served under Mr Shamkhani when the latter was defence minister during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami, a reformist who was in office for two terms between 1997 and 2005.
It cited Iran's intelligence ministry as saying that Mr Akbari had been "one of the most important infiltrators of the country's sensitive and strategic centres" for the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6, and that he had been "compiling and consciously transferring sensitive information".At the end of November, Iranian state media reported that authorities had hanged four men convicted of "co-operating" with Israeli intelligence.
Alicia Kearns, chair of the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said the news from Mr Akbari's family was "awful". 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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