Iran executed a German-Iranian national and California resident over allegedly endangering national security, a report from Iran International describes.
Jamshid Sharmahd was abducted by Iranian agents in 2020 and was sentenced to death in 2023.
Sharmahd was accused of planning a 2008 attack on a mosque and “disclosing classified information” on missile sites in 2017, The Washington Post reported.
According to Amnesty International, Sharmahd managed a website for an Iranian opposition group. Sharmahd “hosted its radio and video broadcasts, including by reading out the website’s content, some of which was posted anonymously,” Amnesty International wrote. “The website included statements from the Kingdom Assembly of Iran claiming responsibility for explosions inside Iran. Jamshid Sharmahd has repeatedly denied his involvement in the violent acts attributed to him by the authorities.”
In announcing his execution, Iran’s judiciary said, “Without a doubt, the divine promise regarding the supporters of terrorism will be fulfilled, and this is a definite promise.” The California resident was further accused of being “under orders from masters in Western intelligence agencies, the United States and the child-killing Zionist regime.”
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement on X that the United States “condemns Iran’s execution of German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, the latest case in the regime’s history of transnational repression and disregard of human rights. We stand with Germany, the Sharmahd family, and the international community to hold the regime accountable.”
An April report from Amnesty International explained that Iran had its highest-recorded number of executions since 2015 in 2023. At least 481 executions were carried out in 2023.
Between January and March of 2024, Iran recorded 95 executions, the report noted.
