France summons Iran’s top diplomat over execution of British-Iranian accused of espionage

The French foreign ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Paris on Saturday over the execution of a British-Iranian national accused of espionage, the ministry said in a statement expressing its anger about the case.

Iran’s judiciary said earlier in the day that Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national who once served as Tehran’s deputy defense minister, was executed in defiance of calls from London for his release Was.

The French Foreign Ministry said, “They were also warned that this cannot be reciprocated by Iran’s repeated violations of international law, particularly with regard to its treatment of foreign nationals whom it arbitrarily detains.” Takes.”

Like other Western powers, France has sought to step up pressure on Tehran in recent months and President Emmanuel Macron has criticized the authorities’ crackdown on protesters and expressed support for women fighting for more rights. .

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