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Iran sentences British-Iranian Alireza Akbari to death on spying charges

“Iran seeks to take revenge from the UK by executing me.”
Former senior defence minister, British-Iranian Alireza Akbari, was sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain, after a “confession” video that appears to be edited was broadcasted on Iranian state media outlets
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