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Iran says it will execute Iranian-Swedish scientist

Iran’s judiciary still plans to execute Ahmad Reza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish citizen convicted of espionage.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
May 12, 2022
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A protester holds a noose during a demonstration organized by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran to protest the inauguration of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi outside Downing Street in central London Aug. 5, 2021. — ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images

Iran’s judiciary said that it will move forward with the execution of Iranian-Swedish citizen Ahmad Reza Jalali.

Judiciary spokesperson Zabiollah Khodaian said that Jalali was arrested and charged with spying for the Israeli Mossad and sharing intelligence about Iran’s nuclear scientists in 2016. He also faces national security charges. Khodaian said that Sweden gave Jalali citizenship after his arrest, but he is still Iranian and will be treated as an Iranian by the court. 

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