Iran Confirms Death Sentence Upheld For Academic
Iran's Supreme Court has confirmed it has upheld the death sentence against an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been convicted of espionage. Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, was arrested in April 2016 during a visit for a conference in Tehran for espionage and 'enmity with God' -- a crime which in Iran can result in the death penalty. He was later convicted. Amnesty International and Djalali's wife said earlier this month that his lawyers were told that the Supreme Court had considered his case and upheld ...
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