[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Jamshid Sharmahd is accused of carrying out a terrorist assault by Tehran. German politicians and activists dismiss the accusations as false.
According to the European Union, it “strongly condemns” the execution of German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd.
An Iranian terrorist incident in 2008 was attributed to Sharmahd. His execution sentence, which was initially imposed in February, was upheld on Wednesday by Tehran’s Supreme Court. When the sentence—which in Iran is typically executed by hanging—will be carried out is unknown.
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The EU requested Tehran “to refrain from executing the death penalty on Mr. Sharmahd, repeal his sentence, and ensure Mr. Sharmahd is provided the basic rights to which he is entitled under international law without delay” in a statement released on Friday by the office of the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
The 68-year-old’s daughter, Gazelle Sharmahd, told DW this week that he had “no lawyer… no access to anybody” and was unable to obtain the Parkinson’s disease medicine he required. She claimed she hadn’t talked to him in a long time.
EU: Sharmahd is Entitled to Basic Rights
The 68-year-old was given the death sentence by an Iranian court in February. Since 2020, he had been incarcerated.
Numerous German politicians, human rights advocates, and members of his family denounced the trial and said the accusations against him were unfounded.
The EU urged Iran “to pursue a consistent policy towards the abolition of capital punishment and to strictly abide by its international obligations, in particular under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which Iran is a party.” The EU further urged Iran to abstain from any executions.
The EU once again expressed “deep concern about the situation of EU nationals and dual nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran.”
Sharmahd’s Family Alleges that He Was Abducted
When Sharmahd was a young boy, his family relocated to Germany. Today, he holds a German passport. However, he is automatically an Iranian citizen because he was born in Tehran.
Before his arrest in 2020, Sharmahd had been a resident of the US for several years. Sharmahd’s family claims that during a stopover in Dubai, where they shouldn’t have any authority, Iranian intelligence agents kidnapped Sharmahd.
He was associated with Tondar, an exiled monarchist opposition movement in the US that aims to topple the Islamic Republic and reinstate the Iranian monarchy.
The organisation was blamed by Iran’s judicial system for an assault on a mosque in Shiraz in 2008. 14 individuals were killed and more than 200 people were hurt in the tragedy. In Iran, Tondar is regarded as a “terrorist organisation”.
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