An uproar in Britain following the execution of the former Iranian deputy defense minister, Ali Reza Akbari, who also holds British citizenship. In the kingdom today (Saturday) the measure was called a barbaric act. “I am appalled by the execution of the British-Iranian citizen Ali Reza Akbari in Iran,” the British Prime Minister wrote Rishi Sunak on Twitter. “It was a cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime without respect for the human rights of their people.”
British Foreign Secretary James Cleary He also tweeted and said: “This barbaric act deserves to be condemned in the harshest terms. It will not go unchallenged.” Later, Britain announced that upon imposing sanctions on the Attorney General of Iran, Muhammad Jafar Montazeriunder which his assets will be frozen and his entry into British territory will be prohibited.
“The sanctions emphasize our distaste for the execution of Reza Akbari,” added Clearly. “The Prosecutor General is at the heart of Iran’s use of the death penalty. The regime is responsible for the horrific human rights violations.” The US ambassador in London also condemned the execution and attacked: “It is a horrific and sickening act.”
The Iranian response to the sanctions was not long in coming. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador for a conversation on the grounds of “London’s interference in Iran’s national security,” the Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
As mentioned, earlier today the state media in Iran reported that Reza Akbari was executed after being convicted of spying for the British Kingdom. In a statement published by the “Mizen” news agency, it was stated that Akbari was sentenced to death on charges of “corruption and widespread action against the internal and external security of the country through espionage for the intelligence service of the British government.”
It is also claimed that she is involved in the assassination of the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fahrizadeh, in 2020, in an action that was then attributed to the Israeli Mossad. The execution comes after the report in the “Telegraph” newspaper that Britain will declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. This is after the Islamic Republic announced the arrest of seven people allegedly linked to the British Kingdom and who took an active role in the “Hijab Protest”.
The head of the British intelligence agency, Ken McCallum, recently emphasized that the regime in Iran directly threatens the kingdom. According to him, “Iran threatens Britain through its aggressive intelligence services. This includes plots to kidnap or even kill British citizens who are seen as enemies of the regime. We have seen at least ten such potential threats since the beginning of the year.”