Iran executes former deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari for alleged espionage
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In this picture released on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, Ali Reza Akbari speaks in a meeting to unveil the book "National Nuclear Movement" in Tehran, Iran. Iran said Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, it had executed Akbari, a dual Iranian-British national who once held a high-ranking position in the country's defense ministry, despite international warnings to halt his death sentence, further escalating tensions with the West amid the nationwide protests now shaking the Islamic Republic. (Davoud Hosseini, IRNA via Online News 72h) Davoud Hosseini/Online News 72h Iran executes former deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari for...