Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 individuals, one thing his household denies.
Tehran, Iran Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd has been sentenced to dying by Iran’s judiciary on terrorism-related prices.
The 67-year-old, who additionally has United States residency and was arrested in 2020was convicted of “corruption on Earth” for heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a lethal 2008 bombing and planning different assaults throughout the nation, Mizan, the official information company of the Iranian judiciary, reported on Tuesday.
Sharmahd is accused of being the chief of the US-based group Tondar (which suggests “thunder” in Farsi), also called the Kingdom Meeting of Iran, which says it seeks to revive the monarchy that was overthrown after the final shah Iran fled shortly earlier than the 1979 revolution.
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The Iranian judiciary launched a number of clips of Sharmahd talking in 2010 towards the Iranian institution and in addition video of him showing to admit to assaults.
His principal cost is masterminding a 2008 bombing at a mosque within the southern metropolis of Shiraz, which killed 14 individuals and wounded a whole bunch. He was additionally convicted of being involved with US and Israeli officers and brokers.
Mizan mentioned he wrote confidential letters to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The judiciary mentioned Sharmahd wished to hold out 23 “terrorist acts” and succeeded in executing 5.
It mentioned they embody different bombings, arson, assassinations and leaking categorised details about the missile program of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Tondar was additionally accused by the judiciary of plans to focus on an oil pipeline and a ebook truthful along with deploying “chemical weapons” in parliament and organizing heists from banks and foreign money exchanges.
The judiciary mentioned Sharma’s sentence could also be appealed to the Supreme Courtroom.
It’s unclear how or the place Sharmahd was apprehended. His daughter, Gazelle Sharmahd, has beforehand mentioned he was final heard from in Dubai shortly earlier than showing in an Iranian state video displaying he was in custody.
Sharma’s household has maintained his innocence. His daughter was certainly one of 4 relations of Europeans imprisoned in Iran who signed an open letter in September accusing the European Union of ignoring the plight of their family members.
Germany on Tuesday condemned the announcement.
“The dying sentence for Jamshid Sharmahd is totally unacceptable,” German International Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned in a press release, promising a “sturdy response” to the courtroom’s determination.
“Not solely is the dying penalty merciless, inhuman and degrading, however Jamshid Sharmahd has by no means had something approaching a good trial,” Baerbock mentioned.
