U.K. tells Iran to halt execution of former defense official, a dual citizen

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Iran, however, does not recognize dual nationality.
41% : Sharmahd's ordeal shares some parallels with the case of Ruhollah Zam, a prominent exiled journalist living in France who was arrested and extradited to Iran after being lured to Iraq in 2019.
37% : Dual nationals have been targeted by Iranian authorities in recent years, and many Western countries have warned against travel to Iran for this reason.
35% :Iran hangs two more people in brutal campaign against protesters
28% : Jamshid Sharmahd, a California resident in his 60s, was allegedly kidnapped during a flight layover in Dubai in August 2020 and taken to Iran, where he was accused of leading a "terrorist" group -- a charge he denies.
25% :Iran has come under renewed pressure over its death penalty after it hanged at least four protesters arrested during the widespread anti-government demonstrations triggered by the September death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's "morality police."
21% : Akbari, a former deputy defense minister in Iran, was sentenced to death after Tehran accused him of spying for Britain, according to Mizan, the news agency of Iran's judiciary, which gave no details Wednesday on when the sentence was handed down or when it would be carried out.

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