Iran expels German diplomats as row continues over death sentence
Iran has sentenced another dual European citizen, a German-Iranian man, to death in relation to a 2008 attack on a mosque.
Iran expelled two German diplomats on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said the two diplomats were ordered to leave Iran due to Germany’s “irresponsible” interference in Iran’s judicial and internal affairs. Kanaani did not name the diplomats but noted the German ambassador in Iran had been summoned and informed of the decision, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Background: The move relates to the case of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd, who was sentenced to death in February for the ambiguous crime of “corruption on earth.” Sharmahd is accused of leading a monarchist group that carried out a deadly mosque attack in the Iranian city of Shiraz back in 2008.
Germany expelled two Iranian diplomats in response to the death sentence.
