Sharmahd had been convicted on terrorism charges that his family has repeatedly contested.
An Iranian-German prisoner that previously lived in the U.S. was executed in Iran this week.On Monday, Iran executed Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German dual citizen kidnapped by Iranian security forces in Dubai in 2020, according to a statement from the country's judiciary on Monday.Mizan, the Iranian judiciary's news agency, reported that Sharmahd was executed on Monday morning.
Tracking data indicated that his phone moved south from Dubai to Al Ain on July 29, crossing into Oman and spending the night near an Islamic school in the border town of Al-Buraimi.On July 30, tracking data placed Sharmahd's phone in the Omani port city of Sohar, where the signal abruptly went dark. Two days later, Iran announced it had captured Sharmahd in what it described as a 'complex operation.' The Intelligence Ministry released a photograph showing him blindfolded.
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